Ivan Safronov

Affiliated media: Roscosmos, Adviser, ex journalist of Vedomost and Kommersant

Incident date: July 7, 2020

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
• Court trial
• Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BBC

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Ivan Safronov, an adviser to the “Roscosmos” (Russian space agency) and a former “Kommersant” and “Vedomosti” correspondent was detained in Moscow. He’s been charged with treason, FSB suspects that he was working for NATO secret services. At the day of his detention, Lefortovski court arrested Safronov until 6 September, 2020.