Viktoria Odissonova

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta , Photo correspondent

Incident date: January 23, 2021

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Location: Russia, Moscow

Additional information:

On January 23, police in at least 20 cities throughout Russia detained, beat, and otherwise interfered with the work of journalists covering protests in support of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Moscow police broke the camera of Novaya Gazeta photojournalist Viktoria Odissonova.