Sergey Stepanov

Affiliated media: IRR-TV, Freelance Correspondent

Incident date: April 29, 2021

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Location: Russia, Tambov Oblast, Tambov

Additional information:

The Tambov District Court arrested Stepanov for 30 days for a repeated violation of the rules of the protest rally (Article 20.2, paragraph 8, of the Administrative Code). According to the blogger, he filmed the protest action on 21 April with an editorial assignment and a Finnish channel IRR-TV press card.