Alexei Ivanov

Affiliated media: Channel One, Journalist

Incident date: August 29, 2017

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Glasnost Defence Foundation

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

In Yekaterinburg, correspondent for Channel One Russia Alexei Ivanov was beaten. The journalist said that he was filming a violation of traffic rules by a Mercedes on his phone, and that he made a remark to the driver. A passenger in the car was also involved in the incident, according to the journalist.