Ruslan Valiyev

Affiliated media: Echo of Moscow in Ufa, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: January 23, 2021

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Echo of Moscow in Ufa

Location: Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa

Additional information:

Valiev was detained at a protest rally in the city centre. He was charged with Part 1 of Article 20.6 of Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (violation of sanitary rules) for being unmasked in a police minibus. The journalist was released the same day.