Sergei Poznyakov

Affiliated media: Communists of Russiа, Jornalist

Incident date: May 5, 2020

Attack type:

• Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Moscow

Additional information:

Police detained journalist Sergei Poznyakov next to the editorial office of the newspaper “Communists of Russia” in Moscow. They took him to the police station where police informed him that two protocols initiated against him. First one is under the article on non-fulfilment of the lawful requirement of the police officer, and the second is for violating the self-isolation regime.