Sergey Vilkov

Affiliated media: Obshchestvennoe mnenie, Journalist

Incident date: February 7, 2018

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Saratov Oblast, Saratov

Additional information:

The criminal case against journalist Sergey Vilkov, accused of slandering Saratov regional Duma United Russia MP Sergey Kurikhin in his journalistic investigations, was brought to trial. On March 3, the Saratov Frunzensky District Court judge Oksana Denisenko issued a ruling to transfer the case to an appeals court.