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Sergey Tikhiy (Sergey Popov)

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: May 13, 2020

Attack type:

  • Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Sibir.Realii

Location: Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk

Additional information:

Three activists who filmed the storming of the house of shaman Alexander Gabyshev on May 12 were found guilty of violating the self-isolation regime (Article 20.6 of the Administrative Code of Offences). They received fines of RUB 1,000 to RUB 5,000. On May 13, the court acquitted all three activists in the case of disobedience to the police (Article 19.2 of the Administrative Code of Offences).

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