Evgeny Kuleshov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: January 27, 2018

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Vitebsk

Additional information:

On the night of January 26-27, unknown people set on fire the Volkswagen Passat CC, which belonged to blogger Evgeny Kuleshov, parked on Chkalava Street in Vitebsk. Blogger Yevgeny Kuleshov immediately said that he did not rule out the motive for revenge for the demonstration videos. The Investigative Committee of the Vitebsk region confirmed that the director of one of the Vitebsk stations is the suspect in the arson.