Alexander Chernykh - Justice for Journalists

Alexander Chernykh

Affiliated media: Kommersant , Correspondent

Incident date: September 23, 2020

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel "Apologiya protesta"

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Tverskoy District Court fined Alexander Chernykh RUB 10,000 under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (violation of the rules for holding a public event). On July 7, Chernykh participated in individual pickets outside the Federal Security Service building on Lubyanka to support his former colleague Ivan Safronov, accused of treason.

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