Pyotr Verzilov

Affiliated media: Mediazona, Publisher

Incident date: December 16, 2022

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via judicial and/or economic pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The flat of the Pussy Riot member Rita Flores was searched. The law enforcers seized all her equipment and summoned her as a witness for questioning on December 19. According to the ruling on the search, it took place in the case of «military fakes» (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) against the publisher of Mediazona Pyotr Verzilov. On December 13, the search took place at the home of his mother Yelena Verzilova.