Aslan Naptugov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: June 18, 2022

Attack type:

• Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Caucasian Knot

Location: Russia, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Cherkessk

Additional information:

Cherkessk City Court in Karachay-Cherkessia arrested Cherkess activist and blogger Aslan Naptugov on charges of incitement of hatred by a group of people (Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) for two months. He was detained on May 24, trumped up the case of petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation), arrested for 6 days, and then detained again after serving the term. Naptugov’s activity in the international public union organization Solidarity attracted the attention of investigative authorities: he participated in raids of «public control», which, in particular, were devoted to the fight against forced vaccination. Six more people were detained in the same case.