Affiliated media: Creative studio 'Krasnyi Krug', Video creators

Incident date: September 2, 2020

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Bloknot.Rostov

Location: Russia, Rostov Oblast, Rostov-on-Don

Additional information:

Under pressure from the Centre for Counter Extremism, the Krasny Krug creative studio removed the first episode of the satirical series "No Choice" about officials from YouTube and suspended the project. On 25 August, the police detained Denis Shevchenko and three of his friends for posting an advertisement for the project. The next day they were interrogated at the CPE, and then they were charged with damage to agitation materials. One of the participants has already been fined 500 Russian rubles.