Yevgeny Savin - Justice for Journalists

Yevgeny Savin

Affiliated media: Video blogger

Incident date: February 17, 2023

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has fined former football player and blogger Yevgeny Savin (KraSava) RUB 50,000 in a case of «discrediting» the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). The court informed that the report was drawn up for a certain video message about the war, which Savin spread in December 2022. Meanwhile, the last video on Savin’s YouTube channel was released in May. In December, the channel broadcast a game with his club in Cyprus.

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