Andrey Grigoryev

Affiliated media: Idel.Realities, Journalist

Incident date: November 22, 2022

Attack type:

• Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Business Online

Location: Russia, Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan

Additional information:

A court in Kazan arrested the journalist of Idel.Realities Andrey Grigoryev in the case of calls to terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The case was initiated because of the video «Paint and Box for the Russian Ambassador in Poland» that was released on the YouTube channel Obyektiv-TV. The video is about the attack on the Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreev, who was doused with red paint on May 9 at the ceremony in the cemetery of the Soviet military in Warsaw. In the video, the commentator says that attacking the ambassador is the only way to make a man who «calls the massacre in Bucha staged» blush. In August and September, because of this video, law enforcement officers searched Kazan-based journalists who cooperate with Idel.Realities. It is unknown how Grigoryev is connected to the video.