Valery Kudryavtsev

Affiliated media: YouTube-канал LIFE KZ, Blogger

Incident date: June 8, 2021

Attack type:

Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

Valery Kudryavtsev, the blogger of the YouTube channel LIFE KZ, was beaten by two unknown assailants. The assailants stole his cell phone. The police department launched an investigation under the article «robbery».

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