Dmitry Pashinov

Affiliated media: Pravda, Journalist

Incident date: May 23, 2019

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Lipetsk Oblast, Lipetsk

Additional information:

In May 2019, a court in Lipetsk found “Pravda” journalist Dmitry Pashinov guilty of insulting Andrei Pazhetnyh, a former deputy prosecutor in Lipetsk’s Octyabrsky district. The journalist spent 13 days in pre-trial detention, despite the relevant article in the criminal code on insulting a representative of the authorities not allowing for detention.