Ruslan Sokolovskiy

Affiliated media: YouTube (Ruslan Sokolovskiy), Video blogger

Incident date: May 11, 2017

Attack type:

• Suspended sentence

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: MediaZona

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

In the Verkh-Isetsky district court of Yekaterinburg announced a verdict in the case of video blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, who was accused of inciting hatred on religious and national grounds (Part 1 Article 282 of the Criminal Code), as well as insulting the feelings of believers (Article 148 of the Criminal Code). The young man was found guilty and sentenced to 3.5 years' probation.