Sergey Stepanov

Affiliated media: XRadio, Journalist

Incident date: January 29, 2021

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: 7x7

Location: Russia, Tambov Oblast, Tambov

Additional information:

The police came to the studio of XRadio, where journalist Sergey Stepanov works, and detained the journalist right at his workplace. He was charged with organising an unauthorised action (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation) in connection with the publication of a video of Navalny’s headquarters in Tambov. The Oktyabrsky District Court of Tambov arrested him for seven days.