Anastasia Lotareva
Affiliated media: Takie Dela , Editor-in-chief
Incident date: May 28, 2020
Attack type:
- Short-term detention
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Takie Dela
Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow
Additional information:
Anastasia Lotareva and several of her colleagues were detained near the Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office on Petrovka Street for individual pickets in support of Ilya Azar, a journalist and municipal deputy arrested for 15 days. The police wanted to keep Lotareva in custody for a night under Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (repeated violation of the rules of picketing; up to 30 days of arrest), but in the end, she was released from the police with reports under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (violation of picketing rules) and Article 3.18.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of Moscow (violation of self-isolation).