Valentin Shlyakov - Justice for Journalists

Valentin Shlyakov

Affiliated media: Video blogger

Incident date: November 4, 2022

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: Telegram channel Politzek-Info

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

A new case was opened against video blogger Valentin Shlyakov, who is under arrest in Moscow on charges of calling for extremism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) — on calls for terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). It is unknown what exactly served as the reason for the new case. Shlyakov has been in custody since the fall of 2021.

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