Dmitry Timoshenko

Affiliated media: RusNews , Journalist

Incident date: August 21, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Khabarovsk Krai, Khabarovsk

Additional information:

In Khabarovsk, RusNews journalist Dmitry Timoshenko, a participant of a rally in support of the former governor Sergey Furgal, was detained. The police took the journalist to the police department №8 and drew up a report on him in connection with one of the previous rallies in support of the former governor Sergey Furgal. The court found Tymoshenko guilty under the article on interfering with traffic (Part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation) during the rally on July 27 and arrested him for 3 days.