Igor Rudnikov

Affiliated media: Novye Kolyosa, Founder

Incident date: November 3, 2017

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RFE/RL

Location: Russia, Kaliningrad Oblast, Kaliningrad

Additional information:

The editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Novye Kolyosa” (New Wheels) Igor Rudnikov is accused of extorting 50,000 dollars from the head of the regional bureau of investigation Viktor Ledenyov. He was detained by police on November 3.