Larissa Strelnikova

Affiliated media: GTRK Perm, Journalist

Incident date: November 6, 2019

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Perm Krai, Perm

Additional information:

On June 11, 2019, during filming for a report about a trial on the illegal demolition of garages, a security guard grabbed a microphone from the hands of correspondent Larissa Strelnikova, tore off its wind shield and threw it over a fence. On the footage kept by the channel, a man in uniform is seen pushing the journalist and hitting her on the face as she tries to shield herself with a microphone.