Aglaya Shatova

Affiliated media: Nash Sever, Journalist

Incident date: February 2, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Nash Sever

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

On February 4, Nagatinsky District Court arrested Aglaya Shatova, the journalist of Nash Sever and host of the media outlet’s YouTube channel, for 13 days under Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (repeated violation of the order of holding a mass action). She was detained in the evening of February 2 in the centre of Moscow. After the trial, she told the media outlet about threats to «break her knees» from police officers at the Brateyevo District police station.