Событие Yegor Zhukov - Justice for Journalists

Yegor Zhukov

Affiliated media: YouTube (Komanda Zhukova), Video blogger

Incident date: August 2, 2019

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Presnensky court in Moscow arrested 21-year old video blogger, student and candidate to the Moscow City Duma Yegor Zhukov for mass disorder in Moscow at a rally on July 27. Judge Aleksandra Avdotyina granted the investigator's request and sent him to a pre-trial detention centre for two months.

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