Ramilya Saitova

Affiliated media: YouTube-channel "Aksarlak", Blogger, Activist

Incident date: November 3, 2020

Attack type:

• Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa

Additional information:

Blogger Ramilya Saitova has been held in a pre-trial detention center since November 2020 on charges of publicly calling for extremism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) for videos posted on YouTube. On March 5, 2021, the Kirovsky District Court ruled to extend the arrest until May 6. The case against the activist was opened due to statements in some videos on her YouTube channel.