SOTAvision - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: SOTAvision, Correspondent

Incident date: February 9, 2024

Attack type:

  • Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: SOTAvision

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

On the eve of another action by the wives of the mobilised outside the Kremlin, five police officers turned up at the home of an unnamed SOTAvision journalist to serve her a warning. They threatened to break down the door to the flat. The journalist was taken to the police station, where they tried to force her to sign a paper on the inadmissibility of unauthorised actions. On that day, law enforcers also came to SOTAvision correspondent Mikhail Lebedev. Two more journalists of the media outlet received calls and messages from police officers.

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