Lev Levchenko

Affiliated media: The Village , Journalist

Incident date: July 27, 2019

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

In Moscow, on Khokhlovsky Square, home to an amphitheatre known as “the Pit” is located, the police detained the editor of The Village Lev Levchenko. He was talking to Mikhail Lazutin, the leader of the “Lev protiv” movement, whose members regularly come into conflict with holidaymakers.