Aleksei Zakruzhny (Lekha Kochegar) - Justice for Journalists

Aleksei Zakruzhny (Lekha Kochegar)

Affiliated media: Video blogger

Incident date: May 20, 2020

Attack type:

  • Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents
  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)
  • Search with a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita

Additional information:

The blogger Aleksei Zakruzhny has been charged with the incitement of riots. His housed was searched and all his electronics has been confiscated. The reason behind this was an online stream that the blogger held at the end of April. In 2019 Lekha Kochegar was fined twice for contempt.

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