Arseny Vesnin

Affiliated media: Echo of Moscow in St. Petersburg, Correspondent

Incident date: January 23, 2021

Attack type:

• Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Zaks.ru

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg

Additional information:

During the protest action, the police hit Vesnin several times with a baton and detained him, although he was wearing «Press» identification signs. The journalist was pushed into a bus, where his mobile phone was taken away and he was taken to the police station.