Taisia Tokareva - Justice for Journalists

Taisia Tokareva

Affiliated media: Telegram chat moderator

Incident date: February 1, 2021

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Caucasian Knot

Location: Russia, Astrakhan Oblast, Astrakhan

Additional information:

The moderator of the Astrakhan-based Telegram chat was found by the court to have organised an unauthorised rally in support of Alexey Navalny and was given 10 days of arrest. She said that law enforcers showed up at her home in the early hours of January 31 and took her to the police station, where she had to spend the night while awaiting trial. The woman insists that she did not take part in the action on January 23, which is mentioned in the administrative report drawn up against her.

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