Veronika Samusik - Justice for Journalists

Veronika Samusik

Affiliated media: Sota Vision , Journalist

Incident date: June 11, 2021

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Journalist Nika Samusik was detained when she covered Pavel Krisevich's performance with imitation suicide, which took place on June 11. On June 13, Samusik was not given a measure of restraint in the case of hooliganism and was released under the obligation to appear at the Tagansky District Police Station. Later, it became known that Samusik was interrogated as a suspect in the hooliganism case.

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