Mikhail Lebedev - Justice for Journalists

Mikhail Lebedev

Affiliated media: SOTAvision, Correspondent

Incident date: February 9, 2024

Attack type:

  • Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: SOTAvision

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

On the eve of another rally of the wives of the mobilised in front of the Kremlin, SOTAvision correspondent Mikhail Lebedev received several calls from law enforcers demanding that he come to the police station to be served a warning and threatening to «put him on a wanted list». The police officer tried to serve the warning to Lebedev’s parents. On the same day, law enforcers came to another SOTAvision correspondent. Two more journalists of the media outlet received calls and messages from the police officers.

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