Vyacheslav Chernov - Justice for Journalists

Vyacheslav Chernov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: April 22, 2023

Attack type:

  • Search with a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Vyacheslav Chernov's Facebook account

Location: Russia, Kemerovo Oblast, Kemerovo

Additional information:

The apartment of Kemerovo-based blogger and former Duma candidate Vyacheslav Chernov was searched. In April 2022, Chernov became the subject of a criminal case on incitement to hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) because of the video «When lies are elevated to a system, dark times are coming for everyone without exception» published in Instagram. The investigation believes that with this video Chernov humiliated the dignity of representatives of social groups «federal and regional authorities» and «law enforcement officers».

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