Ilya Davydov

Affiliated media: Maddyson, Blogger

Incident date: July 16, 2018

Attack type:

• Suspended sentence

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Moscow Times

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

A Russian blogger received a 1.5-year suspended sentence for hate speech over jokes that reportedly offended the country’s Muslim population. Last year, Russia blacklisted two videos in which Ilya Davydov, who performs stand-up comedy and blogs under the alias Ilya Maddyson, jokes about the Quran. Davydov was reportedly forced to flee Russia temporarily last year after receiving threats following the publication of one of the videos. A court in Moscow found Davydov guilty of criminal extremism charges for one of the two blacklisted videos, the state-owned Ren-TV broadcaster reported Monday. Court records indicate it took effect on May 29.