Maria Zemlyanskaya

Affiliated media: Bihus.info, Journalist

Incident date: February 20, 2020

Attack type:

Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)
Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kiev

Additional information:

Police opened a criminal case and interrogated journalists due to their investigation of the financial state of the leadership of the National Police. The criminal case was opened not in the district precinct, but immediately at the Main Investigative Department of the National Police under the articles “Interference in the activity of an officer of a law-enforcement agency” and “Violation of privacy”.

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