Denis Kabakov

Affiliated media: TV Rain, Former journalist

Incident date: September 25, 2022

Attack type:

• Ban on leaving the country

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Svoboda

Location: Russia, Omsk Oblast, Isilkul checkpoint

Additional information:

Former TV Rain journalist Denis Kabakov was detained on the border with Kazakhstan. Kabakov was questioned by the Federal Security Service officers, who, among other things, tried to find out what the oppositionists and supporters of Alexey Navalny were doing in St. Petersburg. He was questioned for two hours. As a result of the interrogation, they took him away from the border and released him, requiring him to sign a paper on criminal liability for attempting to leave Russia.