Nikita Pakharev

Affiliated media: Bumaga (paperpaper.ru) , Correspondent

Incident date: February 28, 2022

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Telegram channel of the news outlet paperpaper.ru

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

An unidentified man broke the phone of Nikita Pakharev, the correspondent of Bumaga (paperpaper.ru), who was filming the cruel detentions at the anti-war rally on the Senate Square. The man, whose face was covered by a scarf and who was standing next to the law enforcement officers, hit the journalist on the phone, demanding him to stop filming. The journalist worked with media identification signs in a «Press» vest.