Blogger Vitaly Votanovsky leaves Russia after threats

Vitaly Votanovsky, a blogger and an activist from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), said that he had left Russia. Earlier, he received threats after filming the graves of the militaries, who perished in Ukraine, and posting them in his Telegram channel entitled "Titushki in Krasnodar".

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Vitaly Votanovsky had been repeatedly detained at protest actions. Thus, on February 24, 2022, he was detained at a pacifist rally in Krasnodar. On March 30, 2022, his home was searched, after which law enforcers drew up a protocol against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces for the pacifist slogan on the group's avatar. On October 6, 2022, the court fined Votanovsky under the article on participation in an undesirable organization. In February this year, Votanovsky said that after filming and posting photos of the graves of the militaries, who perished in Ukraine, in his Telegram channel, he began receiving threats.

Let us remind you that on September 16, 2022, Vitaly Votanovsky and Victor Chirikov, an activist, were detained after filming, in the city of Tikhoretsk, the graves of the militaries, who perished in Ukraine. Law enforcers studied the activists' phones and then released them.