Vladimir Yegorov - Justice for Journalists

Vladimir Yegorov

Affiliated media: Vremya, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: October 13, 2022

Attack type:

  • Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

During the search of the Golos’s Moscow office, security forces hit on the floor Vladimir Yegorov, editor-in-chief of Vremya and coordinator of Golos. He lost consciousness. After the search, he was taken to the Sklifosovsky Institute, where he was diagnosed with a closed head injury, concussion, and contusions. The officers refused to admit him to the hospital and took him to the police station. There, they fabricated a report on him for disobedience to the police (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). The court arrested Yegorov for five days.

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