Sergey Ainbinder - Justice for Journalists

Sergey Ainbinder

Affiliated media: RusNews, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: March 18, 2022

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Ainbinder was detained near the Luzhniki Sports Complex, where a rally concert was held to mark the 8th anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. The journalist was held at the Khamovniki police station for about eight hours and released without a report. The police also detained three Sota Vision reporters who were about to cover the event. The two photo reporters were arrested for ten and three days, respectively.

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