Maria Nuykina

Affiliated media: Arsenyevskiye Vesti, Journalist

Incident date: March 20, 2021

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defence Foundation

Location: Russia, Khabarovsk Krai, Khabarovsk

Additional information:

The correspondent of the newspaper Arsenyevskiye Vesti Maria Nuikina was detained in Khabarovsk. She filmed the release of activists who were taken to the Investigative Committee for interrogation after the searches. Nuykina was charged with disobeying a police officer at a rally in support of the arrested ex-governor of Khabarovsk region Sergey Furgal on December 26 and was left in a special detention centre for a night until the trial. On March 20, the court arrested the journalist for three days.