Ludvika Papadopoulou

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: April 2, 2021

Attack type:

Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Republic of Crimea, Yalta

Additional information:

As part of the criminal case of «libel in mass media or on the Internet» (Part 2 of Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), a search was conducted in the home of blogger Ludvika Papadopoulou, during which her computer equipment and a cell phone were confiscated. A search warrant was presented. Then Papadopoulou was summoned for interrogation as a witness in the criminal case. The case was opened in the summer of 2020 by the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in Crimea at the request of the head of the Judicial Department of Crimea, Kerim Akuyev. The reason was a post in the Facebook group «Board of Shame of Crimean officials» from August 12, 2019, which referred to the takeover of the Parus sanatorium in Yalta. According to residents, Akuyev’s people were involved. Akuyev saw in this post signs of libel.