Alexander Batmanov

Affiliated media: NGO TV (YouTube), Journalist

Incident date: December 28, 2017

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Reporters Without Borders

Location: Russia, Volgograd Oblast, Volgograd

Additional information:

A Magistrates’ Court sentenced the host of a YouTube channel about NGOs, Alexander Batmanov, to two years and a month in a maximum security prison after being found guilty of stealing a sausage (Part 3 Article 30 and Part 1 Article 158 of the Criminal Code).