Mikhail Alferov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: July 10, 2018

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Kemerovo Oblast, Kemerovo

Additional information:

Kirovskiy District Court in Kemerovo sentenced blogger Mikhail Alferov to 160 hours of mandatory work for a video about a rally against MP Aman Tuleyev. The court found that, in a video posted on YouTube, Alferov had encouraged people to come to an unsanctioned protest on July 1. The blogger pleaded not guilty.