Affiliated media: Baza, Journalist

Incident date: April 19, 2020

Attack type:

• Physical attacks and threats to life, liberty and health

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Baza

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

A VIP Easter service was held at night in Moscow. Even though all churches were closed following the mayor’s recommendation to do so, at least one remained open. When Russian actor Ivan Okhlobystin, whose daughter had coronavirus earlier this month, saw journalists, he tried to hide. Afterwards, when Okhlobystin stepped outside the church, he attacked a reporter and tried to rip a phone out of her hands,, shouting "what are you shooting here?".