Alexander Valov

Affiliated media: BlogSochi, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: January 19, 2018

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists

Location: Russia, Krasnodar Krai, Sochi

Additional information:

Alexander Valov was detained on January 19, 2018 after a search of his apartment. According to a video broadcast on YouTube by the blogger, his door was broken and Valov beaten.