Artyom Drachyov - Justice for Journalists

Artyom Drachyov

Affiliated media: Almanac moloko plus, Photo correspondent

Incident date: March 12, 2022

Attack type:

  • Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel moloko plus

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Before another protest action, the police came to the journalists of the almanac moloko plus«. Artyom Drachyov, photo correspondent, who was detained at the anti-war action on March 6, was summoned to the police for a talk. There, he was given a «warning about participating in unauthorized rallies». «The policeman doesn’t give a damn that I am a journalist, his job is only to hand over a piece of paper. I was clearly treated like a random dude, and no one wanted anything from me. In general, everyone there behaved nicely», — said Artyom.

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