Denis Kamalyagin - Justice for Journalists

Denis Kamalyagin

Affiliated media: Pskovskaya Gubernia, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: February 24, 2022

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Pskovskaya Gubernia

Location: Russia, Pskov Oblast, Pskov

Additional information:

The police detained Denis Kamalyagin, editor-in-chief of Pskovskaya Gubernia, at the Square at Four Corners: several people were standing in the park. The police checked their documents and said they had reason to believe that an unauthorized rally was taking place in the square. Five people were detained, including Pskovskaya Gubernia journalists Denis Kamalyagin, Vladimir Kapustinsky, Maksim Bartulev, Stepan Baranov, and Ekaterina Novikova. All those detained by police in Pskov were released after testifying.

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