Sergey Mikhailov
Persecution for an article in the newspaper
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A resident of Gorno-Altaysk, Republic of Altai. Founder and editor of the opposition weekly newspaper “Listok”, member of the federal political council of the democratic party “Parnas”. He has a young child and is in an unregistered marriage. He is persecuted for publishing about the Russo-Ukrainian war. On April 13, Sergey Mikhailov was detained in Lyubertsy near Moscow, where he had been living recently in a rented apartment. Law enforcement officers conducted a search at the “Listok” office in Gorno-Altaysk, seizing their documentation and office equipment. The journalist was taken to Gorno-Altaysk and charged with a crime. Sergey Mikhailov did not agree with the charges brought against him.
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- How to send By ordinary mail to the colony’s address or through the “FSIN-pismo” service (fsin-pismo.ru): it is paid but faster, and a reply can be prepaid. From abroad the easiest way is through projects supporting political prisoners, such as OVD-Info: they will tell you how to forward a letter.
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- How long to wait A letter takes from two weeks to two months. A reply does not always come — that does not mean the letter was not delivered.
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