Oskar Krasilnikov

Affiliated media: News agency Glavnye Sobytiya, Journalist

Incident date: July 26, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

In Moscow, Oskar Krasilnikov, the journalist of the news agency Glavnye Sobytiya, was detained outside his home. The police took him to the Donskoy District Police Department. Krasilnikov was questioned about Alexey Navalny’s unregistered Russia of the Future party, citing Ministry of Justice documents, according to which Krasilnikov was the head of this party’s Vladimir office. The law enforcers also inquired about Krasilnikov’s professional participation in the spring anti-war actions and in the action «He is not our tsar» on May 5, 2018. The journalist was released without a report.