Andrey Afanasyev

Affiliated media: Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty) , Journalist

Incident date: June 9, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Znak.com

Location: Russia, Amur Oblast, Blagoveshchensk

Additional information:

Three unknown men severely beat the journalist of Radio Liberty* (*Listed in the register of foreign media agents in Russia) Andrey Afanasyev. According to him, as a result of the beating, he stopped seeing with his right eye. The journalist suggested that the customer of the attack could have been the deputy of the local parliament from the United Russia political party, Andrey Domashenkin.