Ruslan Leviev - Justice for Journalists

Ruslan Leviev

Affiliated media: Conflict Intelligence Team, Founder

Incident date: February 21, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ruslan Leviev's Twitter account

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Investigative Committee has opened a second criminal case on «fakes» about the army against the founder of the Conflict Intelligence Team Ruslan Leviev. He is accused of spreading «fakes» motivated by hatred (Paragraph E of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The reason for the prosecution was the broadcast with Leviev on the YouTube channel Popular Politics on March 9, where he spoke about the Russian airstrike on a hospital in Mariupol.

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