Nikita Stupin - Justice for Journalists

Nikita Stupin

Affiliated media: Avtozak Live , Former editor

Incident date: February 26, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Village

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow arrested Nikita Stupin, former editor of the human rights project Avtozak Live, for five days. He was found guilty of calling for an unauthorized rally over a Twitter post. Nikita was detained on Friday, February, 25, at an action against the «special operation» in Ukraine. He was charged under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (violation of the established procedure for organizing a rally).

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