Olga Romashova

Affiliated media: Mediazona, Journalist

Incident date: April 21, 2021

Attack type:

• Abduction, taking captive / hostage, illegal deprivation of liberty

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Lyubertsy

Additional information:

Law enforcers searched the flat in Lyubertsy, Moscow Region, where Navalny’s team’s SMM editor Alexander Shepelev and Mediazona journalist Olga Romashova live. According to Romashova, law enforcers broke into the flat and forced both of them to lie down on the floor. After that, the journalist was locked in the kitchen, and Shepelev was demanded passwords to unlock devices. After the search, the law enforcers took Shepelev for questioning on the «sanitary case».