Alexey Ritter

Affiliated media: Tulskaya pravda, Journalist, Activist

Incident date: September 13, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Tula Oblast, Tula

Additional information:

Suvorovsky District Court sentenced Alexey Ritter to 160 hours of community service, finding him guilty under Article 116.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (beatings). In addition, he must pay compensation of RUB 10,000 for moral damage to the principal of school №1, Elena Gavrikova, whom he allegedly pushed. The brawl took place at the parents' meeting, where they were collecting money to repair the school. Ritter was there as a reporter.