Olga Komleva - Justice for Journalists

Olga Komleva

Affiliated media: RusNews, Journalist

Incident date: August 1, 2023

Attack type:

Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RusNews

Location: Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa

Additional information:

The Demsky District Court of Ufa has accepted a lawsuit from the Ministry of Internal Affairs against RusNews journalist Olga Komleva in connection with the action on January 31, 2021, in support of Alexey Navalny. The Ministry of Internal Affairs department in the Chishminsky District of Bashkortostan is seeking to recover RUB 51,544 from Komleva for overtime work by police officers on that day. This is the 18th lawsuit of the law enforcers against Komleva.

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