Mikhail Alferov - Justice for Journalists

Mikhail Alferov

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Vrag svinosobak, Blogger

Incident date: May 7, 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: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Kemerovo Oblast, Kemerovo

Additional information:

The Tsentralny District Court of Kemerovo arrested blogger Mikhail Alferov for 13 days under an article on incitement to hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation) over a video in which Alferov criticised the work of the local Center for Combating Extremism.

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