Georgiy Malets

Affiliated media: Photo correspondent

Incident date: January 31, 2021

Attack type:

• Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Journalist's Facebook page

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Five police officers detained the photo correspondent at the Tverskaya metro station. «They were clearly looking for me, and they came up purposefully and chatted with me. Then, judging by the police officers' conversations, the city's camera surveillance system found me. The police officers said they would check to see if I was a wanted criminal, and "everything would be all right"», – the journalist reported. Malets was released after the interrogation without an administrative case initiated against him.