Alexandra Astakhova

Affiliated media: Photojournalist, Blogger, Former bild editor of Vedomosti

Incident date: March 27, 2024

Attack type:

Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Photojournalist Alexandra Astakhova and her colleague Anastasia Musatova were detained near the Sakharovo special detention centre. They came to meet SotaVision correspondent Antonina Favorskaya, who was to be released after ten days of administrative arrest. The search at Astakhova’s place was over by 2 AM and she was summoned for interrogation on March 28. Both journalists are witnesses in the case of participation in the ACF activities against Antonina Favorskaya.

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