Mikhail Alferov - Justice for Journalists

Mikhail Alferov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: May 21, 2020

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Kemerovo Oblast, Kemerovo

Additional information:

Alferov has been summoned as a witness to a criminal case on contempt of the authority representative. The case was opened after Alferov posted a video criticizing the police, which was followed by a complaint from the extremism unit officer.

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