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Pyotr Verzilov

Affiliated media: Mediazona, Publisher

Incident date: April 17, 2020

Attack type:

  • Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RTVI

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

In Moscow, Pyotr Verzilov, dressed as a policeman, walked around the capital until being detained. "Officers of the Russian Interior Ministry’s police in the Basmanny District identified and detained a citizen for illegally wearing the uniform of a police officer, as well as violating self-isolation rules," the Interior Ministry said on April 17 in Moscow.

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