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Sergeii Kustov
Journalists
1975-08-04
Location unknown
Ivanovo
Biography
A journalist and editor-in-chief of the Ivanovo BARS TV channel and IvanovoNews, Kustov had his flat and the BARS TV editorial office raided by law enforcement on the morning of 20 May 2025. According to IvanovoNews, the searches were linked to a criminal defamation case stemming from an article titled "'Cops' Mock the Pain of Relatives of Missing Soldiers".
Just before the raids, Kustov received a threatening message—"You will answer for this"—along with a link to his own article. In the piece, he had named the law enforcement officers who had objected to an earlier IvanovoNews report about the families of
A journalist and editor-in-chief of the Ivanovo BARS TV channel and IvanovoNews, Kustov had his flat and the BARS TV editorial office raided by law enforcement on the morning of 20 May 2025. According to IvanovoNews, the searches were linked to a criminal defamation case stemming from an article titled "'Cops' Mock the Pain of Relatives of Missing Soldiers".
Just before the raids, Kustov received a threatening message—"You will answer for this"—along with a link to his own article. In the piece, he had named the law enforcement officers who had objected to an earlier IvanovoNews report about the families of soldiers declared missing in action.