Alexander Molochko

Affiliated media: Pyatnitsa!, Journalist

Incident date: March 4, 2017

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Glasnost Defence Foundation

Location: Russia, Tambov Oblast, Tambov

Additional information:

From the scene of the filming of a regular show in an indoor market, a journalist was taken away in an ambulance. A scuffle had begun when the presenter, having discovered a large number of expired goods being sold, turned to the market’s management for explanations. The journalist’s leg was clamped by a door and he sustained injuries to his head.