Artem Krieger

Affiliated media: Sota Vision, Correspondent

Incident date: March 18, 2022

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Sota Vision

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Artem Krieger was detained near the Sportivnaya metro station when he was going to cover a rally in Luzhniki on the 8th anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. The journalist was taken to the Khamovniki police station and released a few hours later. The police described his detention as a «preventive conversation», advising him «not to go to rallies because we will be detained».