Affiliated media: REN TV, Cameraman

Incident date: December 18, 2017

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Glasnost Defence Foundation

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Moscow Oblast

Additional information:

An unidentified man tried to snatch a phone from the correspondent Valentin Gorshenin, then attacked the cameraman and hit the camera several times. The Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow Oblast reported that an investigation was being carried out on the attack on the REN TV crew. The attack took place on the night of December 17, at the scene of an accident with a Lamborghini and a truck.