Grigorii Tifaniuk - Justice for Journalists

Grigorii Tifaniuk

Affiliated media: Telegram channel "Protestniy Nizhny Novgorod", Administrator of the public group

Incident date: August 21, 2020

Attack type:

  • Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences
  • Court trial
  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)
  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod

Additional information:

The District Court of Kanavino ordered Grigorii Tifaniuk 20 hours of mandatory work on charges of organising an uncoordinated public event (Part 2 of Art. 20.2 of the Administrative Code). The police detained Tifaniuk allegedly for organising actions in support of Alexei Navalny.

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