Alexander Kolomeitsev

Affiliated media: Video Blogger, Entrepreneur

Incident date: June 5, 2020

Attack type:

Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Bryansk Oblast, Bryansk

Additional information:

Alexander Kolomeitsev was sentenced to a year and three months at the penal colony. Blogger was incriminated with beatings, insulting representatives of authority and violation of the sanctity of private life. All cases were opened in 2019. He filmed exposing stories about Bryansk civil servants.

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