Valery Faustov

Affiliated media: Lipetsk Time TV, Cameraman

Incident date: November 21, 2017

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Glasnost Defence Foundation

Location: Russia, Lipetsk Oblast, Lipetsk

Additional information:

In Lipetsk, journalists for the Lipetsk Time TV channel were attacked by hooligans. The incident took place in the shopping centre "Moscow". TV crews were filming for a morning show. The shooting was not liked by two drunken visitors and she attacked journalists. Correspondent Anton Palchikov was punched in the face, while cameraman Valery Faustov was diagnosed with a fracture of a bone on his face.