Igor Khoroshilov - Justice for Journalists

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Igor Khoroshilov

Affiliated media: Golos , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: September 10, 2021

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Rostov Oblast, Rostov-on-Don

Additional information:

Proletarsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don arrested Igor Khoroshilov for 10 days for a repost on Facebook with the emblem of Smart Vote. The journalist was charged with propaganda or public display of merchandise or symbols of extremist organizations (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation).