Vasily Krestyaninov
Affiliated media: Readovka, Journalist
Incident date: November 22, 2021
Attack type:
- Wiretapping / surveillance without a court decree
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: The Insider
Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow
Additional information:
Readovka journalist Vasily Krestyaninov moved to Georgia after Federal Security Service officers tried to coerce him with threats to cooperate with them. On November 19, Krestyaninov was summoned to the investigator as a witness to a car accident that happened on September 15. However, according to the journalist, instead of the investigator, he was met in Moscow police station Meshchanskoe by a Federal Security Service officer. She asked him to inform her about all the details of the editorial work, and Krestyaninov refused and left Russia three days later. Readovka reported that Federal Security Service representatives stated that they followed the journalist, his movements, and actions in social networks for several weeks.