Pyotr Manyakhin - Justice for Journalists

Pyotr Manyakhin

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: August 17, 2021

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast, Novosibirsk

Additional information:

Rostransnadzor fined Manyakhin RUB 32,000 under articles on violation of the rules of airspace use (Part 2 of Article 11.4 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation) and violation of the rules of aircraft operation safety (Part 5 of Article 11.5 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). The journalist was detained in Altai on July 16 for filming from a drone. The day before, he was included in the register of «foreign agents».

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