Iskander Yasaveyev
Affiliated media: Idel.Realities, Journalist
Incident date: August 17, 2022
Attack type:
- Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: TV Rain Telegram channel
Location: Russia, Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan
Additional information:
In Kazan, law enforcement officers searched the apartments of seven journalists of Idel.Realities (sociologist Iskander Yasaveyev, columnist Marina Yudkevich, Aliya Sabirova, Elza Nabiullina, Aysylu Kadyrova, and Nelya Biktimirova). After that, they were interrogated. The searches were conducted as part of a case on the justification of terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), initiated because of a video on the YouTube channel Objektiv TV about an attack on the Russian ambassador in Poland. Yasaveyev told TV Rain that during the search, the officers seized cell phones, tablets, and all equipment, as well as the book by Fareed Zakaria, editor of the American political weekly Newsweek International, «The Future of Freedom».