Maksim Vernikov

Affiliated media: Ural. MBK Media, Journalist, Activist

Incident date: February 11, 2020

Attack type:

• community service, ban on certain activities and other punishment following a criminal case

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RBC

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

The court in Yekaterinburg found the ex-coordinator of "Open Russia" Maxim Vernikov guilty under the criminal article on the activities of an "undesirable organization" (Art. 284.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia). He was assigned 300 hours of compulsory work.