Boris Ushakov

Affiliated media: Gulagu.net, Co-ordinator

Incident date: March 14, 2019

Attack type:

• Attempted murder

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Index on Censorship

Location: Russia, Vladimir Oblast, Vladimir

Additional information:

On 14 March Boris Usahakov, a coordinator of the Gulagu.net project which exposes cases of torture, survived an attempt on his life in the city of Vladimir. The head of the project Vladimir Osechkin reported the attack in a video posted to the Gulagu.net website. According to Osechkin, Ushakov was returning home from a store when he saw a silhouette in a dark alley. When the man saw Ushakov, he drew a gun from inside his coat and aimed at him. Ushakov, who had previously received death threats then ignored by police, immediately began running away from the gunman and heard gunshots. He was able to hide in an apartment building and call the police. Instead of a police squad, an ambulance arrived and attempted to take Ushakov to a psychiatric hospital. The plan failed, as Ushakov was on the phone with his colleague, who stated loudly that she was recording the conversation and would bring the police malpractice to public attention. The police arrived soon after, but did not examine the premises and refused to investigate the crime scene.