Nikolai Lebedev

Affiliated media: TikTok account Nekoglai, Blogger

Incident date: February 13, 2023

Attack type:

• Prosecution for dissemination of false information and fakes (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has put TikTok blogger Nikolai Lebedev (Nekoglai) on the wanted list. Earlier, a case under Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (libel) was opened against Nekoglai on the complaint of Yekaterina Mizulina, head of the Safe Internet League. «The purpose of threats and dissemination of knowingly false information is an attempt to put pressure on me as a public figure in connection with my position on the fact of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation», — Mizulina reported. Nekoglai was tortured by police and deported to Moldova after he spoofed a video clip of a Russian soldier throwing back a grenade dropped by a Ukrainian drone.