Vitaly Guliy

Affiliated media: Journalist, Writer

Incident date: January 30, 2017

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: Glasnost Defence Foundation

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Moscow Domodedovo Airport

Additional information:

The journalist Vitaly Guliy, a former deputy ambassador to the Far Eastern Federal District, was detained at Domodedovo airport on January 30 on suspicion of extremism. Guliy was charged with inciting hatred or hostility (Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).