Vasily Polonsky

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: March 1, 2024

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Journalist Vasily Polonsky, who was covering the funeral of Alexey Navalny, was detained near Borisovskoye cemetery. Police officers checked his smartphone. According to Polonsky, one of the employees of the Centre for Combating Extremism tried to recruit the journalist. Polonsky was released without a report.