Rovshan Askerov

Affiliated media: Journalist, Participant of the TV game «What? Where? When?»

Incident date: May 24, 2022

Attack type:

• arrest in absentia

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RIA Novosti

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Basmanny District Court in Moscow has arrested in absentia a former participant of the TV game «What? Where? When?» Rovshan Askerov. The Investigative Committee is prosecuting him for Nazi rehabilitation (Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) because of a Facebook post in which he called Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov a «marauder» and a «killer in uniform». The case was opened following a denunciation by the State Historical Museum, which Askerov called «pseudo-historical» in that post. Currently, Askerov is not in Russia.