Victoria Akinshina

Affiliated media: Photo correspondent

Incident date: January 24, 2021

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

While filming a performance by Pavel Krisevitch on Arbat, Akinshina and several of her colleagues were attacked by police officers. Akinshina's camera lens was smashed. One of the reporters was strangled by the police with wire. The journalists were demanded to delete all the photos.