Alexander Sokolov

Affiliated media: RBK, Journalist

Incident date: August 10, 2017

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Sky News

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

On Thursday, August 10, the Tverskiy court in Moscow found Alexander Sokolov, a special correspondent for RBK, guilty of organising the activities of an extremist organization and sentenced him to three years and six months in a corrective colony.