Vladislav Belyakov

Affiliated media: Dovod, Journalist

Incident date: April 1, 2022

Attack type:

Forced emigration as a result of legal / economic pressure

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Vladimir Oblast, Vladimir

Additional information:

Dovod journalist Yevgeny Sautin and Resonance project author Danil Belyakov, witnesses in the anti-war graffiti case in Vladimir, left Russia. Kirill Ishutin and Vladislav Belyakov, journalists of Dovod, also left Russia on April 13. Ishutin and Belyakov are witnesses in the anti-war graffiti case in Vladimir.

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