TV Rain - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: TV Rain , Correspondents

Incident date: February 15, 2021

Attack type:

Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Journalists of the TV channel Rain were called to the Department of Internal Security of the Moscow City Police for questioning in connection with the TV plot about Alena Kitaeva who told about the torture in the Internal Affairs Department Donskoe. A preliminary inquiry is under way.

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