Viktoria Arefyeva

Affiliated media: SOTA, Journalist

Incident date: March 6, 2022

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg

Additional information:

At a protest action in St. Petersburg, media employees wearing identifying vests were taken to the police vans. The journalists had their press cards and editorial assignments with them. SOTA journalist Viktoria Arefyeva was among those detained. Around 5 PM, she was released from the police station.