Matvey Golovanov

Affiliated media: RusNews, Journalist

Incident date: February 26, 2022

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Activatica

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

In Yekaterinburg, the police detained the journalist of RusNews Matvey Golovanov who was covering a rally. He was taken to the police station. The court arrested the journalist for 28 days under Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (repeated violation of the rules of participation in rally).