Antonina Favorskaya - Justice for Journalists

Antonina Favorskaya

Affiliated media: SOTAvision, Journalist

Incident date: March 18, 2024

Attack type:

  • Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The journalist of SOTAvision Antonina Favorskaya was arrested in Moscow for 10 days. She was charged with disobedience of law enforcers’ demands (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). Favorskaya, her colleague Anastasia Musatova, and another woman were detained on March 17 in a cafe, where they went after laying flowers on the grave of Alexey Navalny. During the detention, Musatova and Favorskaya were subjected to physical force and their phones were taken away.

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