Sergey Stepanov - Justice for Journalists

Sergey Stepanov

Affiliated media: XRadio studio, Journalist

Incident date: January 29, 2021

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: 7x7

Location: Russia, Tambov Oblast, Tambov

Additional information:

Police came to the studio of XRadio, where journalist Sergey Stepanov works, and detained the journalist right in the workplace. He was charged with organizing an unauthorized action (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation) in connection with the publication of a video by the Navalny office in Tambov. Oktyabrsky District Court arrested him for 7 days.

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