Evgenia Vazhenina - Justice for Journalists

Evgenia Vazhenina

Affiliated media: RusNews, Freelance correspondent

Incident date: October 29, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel "Net Freedoms Project"

Location: Russia, Khabarovsk Krai, Khabarovsk

Additional information:

An administrative case was opened against Vazhenina for contempt to authorities (Part 3 of Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation) for a video in which the interviewees criticized Vladimir Putin. On October 29, 2021, the Central District Court of Khabarovsk did not find any offence and closed the case.

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