Askhab Alibekov - Justice for Journalists

Askhab Alibekov

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Wild Paratrooper, Video blogger

Incident date: May 12, 2022

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Caucasus.Realities

Location: Russia, Krasnodar Krai, Novorossiysk

Additional information:

Askhabali Alibekov, who was released on March 5, 2022, after serving his sentence on charges of disrupting an institution and insulting a government official, has been fined RUB 30,000 for an anti-war picket in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar region. A former commander of a branch of the Russian Black Sea Fleet military unit in annexed Crimea, Master Sergeant Alibekov is known for his blog «Wild Paratrooper» with emotional appeals to Vladimir Putin.

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