Yevgeny Savin - Justice for Journalists

Yevgeny Savin

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Krasava, Blogger

Incident date: June 3, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona. Belarus

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Football blogger Yevgeny Savin, who runs the «Krasava» YouTube channel, told in an interview to Novaya Gazeta Europe about the criminal case opened against him in Belarus. «Recently, my lawyer said that I’d been prosecuted, which could bring me up to five years in jail. So, the way to Belarus is closed for me», — said Savin. The blogger did not disclose the number of the article, under which the case was opened.

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