Rovshan Askerov

Affiliated media: Journalist, Participant of the program What? Where? When?

Incident date: April 27, 2022

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: RIA Novosti

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

A criminal case was opened in Moscow against Rovshan Askerov for the rehabilitation of nazism for publications on social networks. The case was initiated under Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. «The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation established that no later than April 6, Askerov published false information on Facebook that insulted and defamed the memory of the great Russian commander and defender of the Fatherland, Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov. Such deeds will be followed by criminal liability established by law», — the message says.