Alexey Filimonov - Justice for Journalists

Alexey Filimonov

Affiliated media: Newsader, Journalist

Incident date: February 20, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Khabarovsk Krai, Khabarovsk

Additional information:

Newsader journalist Aleksey Filimonov was detained in Khabarovsk. He was charged with repeated violation of rally law (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). Filimonov spent the night at the police station. On February 20, a court in Khabarovsk fined the journalist RUB 150,000.

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