Yuri Kozyrev

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta, Photojournalist

Incident date: June 12, 2020

Attack type:

• Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: babr24.com

Location: Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Norilsk

Additional information:

Kozyrev was detained along with special correspondent Elena Kostyuchenko. The journalists were collecting information about an oil spill. They were left overnight by the police, who drew up a report on violating quarantine rules under Article 20.6.1 of the Criminal Code.