Denis Styazhkin

Affiliated media: Activatica, Correspondent

Incident date: December 11, 2020

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Denis Styazhkin and Dmitry Kochanov were detained on Red Square, where they were covering a picket of the eco-activist Konstantin Fokin. The journalists were charged with participation in an unauthorized event (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation) and released with the undertaking to appear.