Ilya Varlamov

Affiliated media: YouTube and Telegram channel 'Varlamov' , Blogger

Incident date: January 13, 2021

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Location: South Sudan, Kapoeta

Additional information:

Four people, including Ilya Varlamov and Pyotr Verzilov, were briefly detained after airport security found drone's remote control in their luggage. They were later released without any charges. "We came to Kapoeta airport to fly to Juba, the capital of South Sudan. Then some military arrived and searched our luggage. They then saw remote from the drone, which was taken from me at the airport of Uganda. For some reason, they thought we were launching a drone, even though we didn’t launch it, so they pulled us off the plane and detained. They tried to confiscate the phones, but we did not give them», - said Varlamov.