Anastasia Zavyalova

Affiliated media: Lenta.ru, Journalist

Incident date: July 19, 2021

Attack type:

Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow fined the journalist Lenta.ru Anastasia Zavyalova, who reported being beaten in a police van after trying to film the detention of a child at Chistye Prudy, RUB 1,000. Zavyalova was found guilty under the article on petty hooliganism with disobedience to the police (Part 2 of Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation).

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