Elena Shukaeva

Affiliated media: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Correspondent, Activist

Incident date: August 6, 2020

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

The journalist was detained on August 6 and taken to the police station, where she spent the night awaiting trial. On the next day, Leninsky District Court sentenced Shukaeva to 40 hours of community service for the action of solidarity with Khabarovsk protests that took place on August 1.