Yuri Shakeev - Justice for Journalists

Yuri Shakeev

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: January 23, 2021

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: idelreal.org

Location: Russia, Chuvashia Republic, Cheboksary

Additional information:

In Chuvashia, journalists and bloggers were detained during rallies supporting Alexei Navalny on January 23 and 31. On January 23, blogger Yuri Shakeev was detained and taken to the police department. On February 12, the Lenin District Court examined the administrative protocol for participation in the uncoordinated action against Shakeev and assigned the blogger 30 hours of mandatory work.

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