Alexander Valerievich Lapshin (Hebrew: אלכסנדר לפשין, Russian: Александр Валерьевич Лапшин; born 4 February 1976) is a Soviet-born travel blogger and journalist. Lapshin holds Ukrainian and Russian citizenships. In 2016 Lapshin was arrested in Minsk at the request of the Azerbaijani authorities and extradited to Baku due to a visit to Nagorno-Karabakh. On May 20, 2021, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled on the blogger's complaint against the Republic of Azerbaijan, finding the country's authorities responsible for the illegal arrest, torture and attempted murder against Lapshin.
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4 February 1976 (age 49) Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union (now Yekaterinburg)
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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