Roman Anin

Affiliated media: IStories (“Important Stories”), Editor-in-chief

Incident date: April 9, 2021

Attack type:

• Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Guardian

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

On the evening of April 9, the Federal Security Service conducted a search at the apartment of Roman Anin, editor-in-chief of IStories (“Important Stories”), which lasted almost seven hours. All electronic equipment, documents and phones were confiscated. The search was conducted as a part of a criminal case under the article on "violation of privacy by abusing his professional functions". After the search, Anin was taken for a night interrogation to the Investigative Committee.