Alexander Talipov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: October 25, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: ForPost

Location: Republic of Crimea, Feodosia

Additional information:

Three unknown people attacked the Feodosia-based blogger Alexander Talipov, known for his pro-Russian views and anti-corruption activities. The attack took place in the courtyard of the house where Talipov lived, unknown persons were waiting for him and attacked him after he got out of the car. One of them was filming what was happening on his phone, two of them were kicking him and also poured brilliant green paint on him. At the same time, they threatened him that «if they see him again, they kill him» and called him a Ukrainian traitor. The blogger filed a complaint with the police and accused «the head of the Republic of Crimea» Sergey Aksenov of what happened.