Dmitry Chebanov - Justice for Journalists

Dmitry Chebanov

Affiliated media: Telegram channel What To Do, Creator of the Telegram channel, Activist

Incident date: September 17, 2021

Attack type:

  • Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Activatica

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Dmitry Chebanov, Zhanna Chernova, Aleksey Kurlov, and Nikita Kreshchuk were remanded in custody for two months. Earlier, the Russian Investigative Committee reported about the opening of a criminal case in connection with the dissemination of calls for riots on voting days via Telegram. There are 11 defendants in the case and they will be charged under Part 1.1 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

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