Guzel Aitkulova - Justice for Journalists

Guzel Aitkulova

Affiliated media: Vecherniye Vedomosti , Director, Founder

Incident date: April 27, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel Vecherniye Vedomosti

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

The founder of the newspaper Vecherniye Vedomosti was charged under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) for the news about the detention of street artist Leonid Chyorny. The reason for the case was an inspection by the Regional Centre for Combatting Extremism of a publication in the Telegram channel @ve4ved, which described how Chyorny had been detained with stickers.

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