Elena Sheveleva

Affiliated media: RBC, Journalist

Incident date: July 27, 2019

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Council of Europe

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

RBC journalist Elena Sheveleva was injured while covering a protest in Moscow - she was pushed out from behind a cordon, and a police officer punched her, despite the fact that Sheveleva was wearing a press vest.