Svetlana Vidanova

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta, Photojournalist

Incident date: October 19, 2019

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Solnechnogorsky District

Additional information:

On the territory of the "Krugloye Ozero" wild animal enclosure in the Solnechnogorsky District of Moscow Oblast, guards attacked employees and animal protectionists. Svetlana Vidanova, a photojournalist for Novaya Gazeta, was grabbed by her arms, with her camera hit and press card taken. The correspondent Artem Raspopov's phone was taken away and thrown over the centre’s gates, and then had his arms broken while being pushed out of the centre.