Ruslan Sokolovskiy

Affiliated media: YouTube (Ruslan Sokolovskiy), Video blogger

Incident date: March 13, 2017

Attack type:

• House arrest

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

On March 13, the Verkh-Isetsky district court of Yekaterinburg began hearing the case of video blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, who was accused of insulting the feelings of believers, extremism and illegal use of special equipment (a pen with a video camera). On February 13, the court placed Ruslan Sokolovsky under house arrest, and on February 19, the blogger's lawyers filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.