Yan Katelevsky - Justice for Journalists

Yan Katelevsky

Affiliated media: Rosderzhava , Blogger, Activist

Incident date: August 19, 2020

Attack type:

  • Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Ramenskoye

Additional information:

Ramenskoye City Court put Yan Katelevsky in custody in the case of extortion (Paragraph B of Part 3 of Article 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). On August 17, the Lyubertsy City Court decision to arrest Katelevsky in the case of property damage from hooliganism motives (Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) was revoked. The blogger was placed under house arrest but was detained the same day again.

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