Pyotr Verzilov - Justice for Journalists

Pyotr Verzilov

Affiliated media: Mediazona, Publisher

Incident date: July 9, 2020

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)
  • Search with a court decree
  • Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Verzilov was interrogated by the Investigative Committee and then a psychiatric examination was carried out. Recently, the 8th search was carried out in his flat. Verzilov is in the status of an accused in the case of failure to notify about the second citizenship (Article 330.2 of the Criminal Code) because the Canadian passport he holds and the status of a witness in the "Moscow case". On November 15, 2021, the Ministry of Internal Affairs issued a search warrant for Verzilov.

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