Anton Katushenok - Justice for Journalists

Anton Katushenok

Affiliated media: chelny-izvest.ru, Photo correspondent

Incident date: May 18, 2021

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Telegram channel Media ombudsman

Location: Russia, Republic of Tatarstan, Naberezhnye Chelny

Additional information:

Katushenok was attacked by employees of the Gertner brothers' travelling circus. He was «grabbed», and his phone was broken. The journalist filmed the conditions in which the animals were kept. The newspaper received several complaints: it was said that the animals were kept in cramped cages.

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