Alexey Sidorov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: May 12, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Chelyabinsk

Additional information:

The Tractorozavodsky District Court of Chelyabinsk has sent blogger Alexey Sidorov to a pre-trial detention centre on a case of calls to terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to the law enforcers’ version, he «swore and called on Ukraine to strike the Kremlin». The court said that Sidorov «publicly justified and propagandised» the attempted drone strike on Vladimir Putin’s residence in the Kremlin on May 3.