Dmitry Bairov
Affiliated media: Journalist, Blogger
Incident date: January 28, 2021
Attack type:
- Abduction, taking captive / hostage, illegal deprivation of liberty
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Sibir.Realii
Location: Russia, Republic of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude
Additional information:
About seven plain-clothed people attacked Bairov near his house on January 28. An unknown car was standing under the blogger's windows all night, and when he got out, his wife said, «he was surrounded by five cars – plain-clothed people ran out of them, knocked Dima to the ground, grabbed him and dragged him into one of the cars. It all happened very quickly». During the detention, Dmitry’s arm was also injured.