Ivan Zvyagin - Justice for Journalists

Ivan Zvyagin

Affiliated media: 7х7, Freelance correspondent

Incident date: March 24, 2021

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel Media Ombudsman

Location: Russia, Kursk Oblast, Kursk

Additional information:

The Kirovsky District Court of Kursk arrested the freelance correspondent of 7×7 Ivan Zvyagin for seven days. According to the media outlet, he was found guilty of organising an unauthorised action in support of Alexey Navalny on January 23 (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). Zvyagin will stay in custody for five days instead of seven. He will be accounted for the two days he spent in the police station in Kursk after his detention on January 29.

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