Yan Katelevskiy

Affiliated media: Rosderzhava , Journalist, Activist

Incident date: July 30, 2020

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
• Court trial
• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Lyubertsy

Additional information:

Lyuberetsk city court arrested Katelevskiy for property damage. On 29 June, the officers of sperical police force detained Dorogov and his collegue Yan Katelevskiy for an extortion case. The lawsuit was filed by traffic police officers who claimed that the journalist demanded 1.3 million roubles from them. The journalists say that the cases are fabricated.