Roman Yanchenko

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: December 19, 2020

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mass Media Defence Centre

Location: Russia, Kemerovo Oblast, Novokuznetsk

Additional information:

The journalist Roman Yanchenko was summoned to the police to draw up a protocol for a work without a licence. The court had previously issued him a warning for cooperation with the foreign media without the licence, although the Russian law does not require special permission for journalists.