Событие Andrei Ruskov - Justice for Journalists

Andrei Ruskov

Affiliated media: Bestvideo Broadcasting Video, Journalist

Incident date: August 28, 2017

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal accident
  • Fatal accident

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Nabat

Location: Russia, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Birobidzhan

Additional information:

On August 28, at about 11 a.m., Andrei Ruskov left the editorial office of “Bestvideo Broadcasting Studio”. At 12.45, the body of the deceased journalist was found by police in the River Bira, near a railway bridge. According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, there are no signs of violent death on the body of the deceased. The probable cause of death is drowning.

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