Sergey Drugov - Justice for Journalists

Sergey Drugov

Affiliated media: Telegram channel War is Cringe, Blogger

Incident date: July 25, 2023

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk

Additional information:

The Supreme Court of Karelia sentenced blogger and author of the Telegram channel War is Cringe Sergey Drugov to two years of public service in the case of reposting a publication of the Feminist Anti-War Resistance. Drugov was also banned from administering Internet resources for three years. In June, it became known that a case was brought against Drugov under the article on dissemination of disrespectful information on the Internet about the days of military glory and memorable dates of Russia related to the defence of the Fatherland (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

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