Sergey Smirnov

Affiliated media: Mediazona , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: January 27, 2021

Attack type:

• Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Front Line Defenders

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Law enforcers searched the home of the editor-in-chief of Mediazona Sergey Smirnov. The search took place in the flat where his mother lives. A hard drive and several books were seized. Investigators also interrogated Smirnov's mother.