Konstantin Zharov

Affiliated media: RusNews, Journalist

Incident date: July 22, 2025

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Current Time

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Police detained Kommersant journalist Bozhena Ivanova and RusNews reporters Yulia Petrova and Konstantin Zharov outside the State Duma building in Moscow. They were covering a solo protest against censorship on the day a law imposing fines for searching the internet was passed. The protester himself, political strategist Dmitry Kisyev, was also detained.