Dmitry Sviridov - Justice for Journalists

Dmitry Sviridov

Affiliated media: Telegram channel "Demon Channel", 24ТМ.ru, Website owner, Telegram channel administrator

Incident date: February 13, 2020

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Moscow newspaper

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Korolev

Additional information:

Dmitry Sviridov, the owner of the Telegram channel «Demon Channel», is accused of extorting a large sum from officials of the Korolev administration. On February 11, Moscow City Duma deputy Ekaterina Engalycheva expressed concern about Dmitry Sviridov's disappearance in her Telegram channel, but on February 13, it became known that Sidorov was in custody.

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