Viktor Korb

Affiliated media: Patriofil, Journalist, Human rights activist, Blogger

Incident date: May 18, 2018

Attack type:

• Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Human Rights Watch

Location: Russia, Omsk Oblast, Omsk

Additional information:

Viktor Korb was accused of "justifying terrorism" for publishing a court transcript three years ago. The apartment of Viktor Korb was searched for 10 hours. All computers belonging to him and his flatmates (some, he says, had nothing but games on them), smartphones, phones, tablets, USBs, old discs, SIM cards - in general, anything "suspicious" that could be found, including a diary and documents about bank deposits.