Artem Alexandrov

Affiliated media: news.ru, Journalist

Incident date: July 28, 2019

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

George Markov was beaten by riot policemen. He was joined in hospital by the St. Petersburg journalist Artem Alexandrov from news.ru, who was also beaten. The journalists were detained, then released after police checked their documents.