Yury Borodin - Justice for Journalists

Yury Borodin

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: June 4, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Caucasian Knot

Location: Russia, Krasnodar Krai, Sochi

Additional information:

The Tsentralny District Court of Sochi found the blogger guilty under Part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (participation in a rally that obstructed traffic) and fined him RUB 15,000 for his participation in a rally in support of Alexey Navalny in January. The case was considered again — in January, the same court acquitted Borodin.

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