Maksim Lavrentyev

Affiliated media: YouTube chanel "Ne bud' inertnym" ("Don't be inert") , Video blogger

Incident date: June 28, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Kemerovo Oblast, Kemerovo

Additional information:

Maksim Lavrentyev and Sergey Kamenskikh were arrested on charges of hooliganism committed by a group of people (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). A complaint was filed against the bloggers when they were filming a video about illegal parking. According to another version, the YouTubers are prosecuted for filming a video about the Federal Security Service. On June 5, they were attacked near the local Federal Security Service department building, and their camera was taken away. At the end of the month, it was returned without any footage.