Pavel Nikulin

Affiliated media: Moloko plus almanac, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: February 9, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Penza Oblast, Penza

Additional information:

Pavel Nikulin, co-chairman of the independent Journalists' and Media Workers’ Union, editor of the Moloko plus almanac, was detained in the center of Moscow. The police searched him for drugs, but in the end, they released him without drawing up a protocol. Earlier, Nikulin was attacked during a one-person picket in Penza, where he supported the defendants in the «Network» organization case. Meanwhile, in Minsk, where the Moloko plus event was disrupted a year ago, the extremism check ended to no avail.