Andrey Pyzh - Justice for Journalists

Andrey Pyzh

Affiliated media: Youtube channel Urbanturizm, Video blogger

Incident date: August 12, 2020

Attack type:

  • Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Open media

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Meshchansky District Court sent Pyzh into custody in connection with the case on illegally obtaining information constituting a state secret. He faces up to eight years in prison. According to the investigation, some information about the Russian transport found on a memory stick by the blogger is a state secret. Pyzh, who has dual citizenship, came to Ukraine with the memory tick. The blogger has partially admitted guilt.

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