Aleksei Molotorenko

Affiliated media: 7х7, Photographer

Incident date: August 16, 2020

Attack type:

• Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: 7х7

Location: Russia, Kostroma Oblast, Kostroma

Additional information:

Molotorenko filmed the Communist Party demonstration "For Fair Elections." A woman accidentally caught in the frame called the police. The police demanded that the journalist give them the HD card. After he refused, they took him away and issued a seizure protocol. The policemen referred to Article 137 of the Criminal Code (interference with private life).