Vladislav Postnikov - Justice for Journalists

Vladislav Postnikov

Affiliated media: Vecherniye Vedomosti, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: September 10, 2022

Attack type:

  • Arrest of bank account/ property

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Vladislav Postnikov's Facebook page

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

Vladislav Postnikov, the editor-in-chief of the Yekaterinburg-based media Vecherniye Vedomosti, had his bank accounts blocked. Earlier, his apartment had been searched in the criminal case of «military fakes» against former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev. The wording that the bank indicated when blocking the accounts was for «damage caused by a crime».

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