Vladislav Yesipenko - Justice for Journalists

Vladislav Yesipenko

Affiliated media: Crimea.Realities, Freelance journalist

Incident date: March 10, 2021

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: crimea.suspilne.media

Location: Republic of Crimea, The Angarskyi Pass

Additional information:

Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation detained the freelancer of the Crimea.Realities Vladislav Yesipenko. During the search of the car, a grenade was found, which became the formal grounds for the detention of the journalist. Yesipenko himself claims that the grenade was planted in the car during his detention. Before that, Yesipenko was filming the action on the occasion of the birthday of the Ukrainian writer Taras Shevchenko, which was held in Simferopol on March 9, 2021.

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