Dmitry Chernyshev (mi3ch)

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: March 4, 2022

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Dmitry Chernyshev's personal blog

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Blogger Dmitry Chernyshev, who writes under the nickname mi3ch, said he had left Russia and is now in Tel Aviv. He wrote about it on his LiveJournal page. He decided to leave Russia after being interrogated by security forces and threats to his family. He said he was detained on the evening of March 4 on the street in Moscow. The uniformed men who detained him did not identify themselves and took him to the police station for interrogation. According to the blogger, he was told that he would be taken to the Donetsk People’s Republic, and his children were threatened. During the questioning, Chernyshev signed an undertaking that he would stop «all online activity».