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Mikhail Alferov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: April 30, 2020

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: YouTube-channel of Mikhail Alferov

Location:

Additional information:

Alferov was charged with causing moderate harm with a weapon (sub-part ‘b’ and ‘z’ of Part 2 of Article 112 of the Russian Criminal Code). The case was opened in June 2019 at the behest of collector Svetlana Bondarenko, who the blogger allegedly sprayed in the face with pepper spray. In August a second case was opened against Alferov – insulting a judge.

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