Событие Yevgeny Kurakin - Justice for Journalists

Yevgeny Kurakin

Affiliated media: Blogger, Public figure, Branch leader for the Yabloko political party

Incident date: June 21, 2018

Attack type:

  • Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Reutov

Additional information:

The blogger was detained on his way to a meeting with the governor of the Moscow region Andrey Vorobyov and arrested for 15 days. He claims that the detention may be related to his participation in a monitoring commission for the 2018 presidential elections.

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