Gleb Sokolov

Affiliated media: Sota Vision, Correspondent

Incident date: March 29, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel Sota

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Sokolov was detained on Red Square in Moscow together with picketer Viktor Nemytov, who was holding a poster with the word «maidan» on it. The police drew up a report on the journalist under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (violation of the rules of holding a public event) on the grounds that he was not wearing a «Press» vest. Sokolov was fulfilling an editorial assignment and filming an individual picket on Red Square in accordance with the law on mass media, Sota reported.