George Markov

Affiliated media: MR7, Photojournalist

Incident date: July 28, 2019

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

George Markov was beaten by riot policemen. Artem Alexandrov, a St. Petersburg journalist at the website news.ru, was with him at the hospital, and was also beaten. The journalists were detained but released after officials checked their documents.