Vladislav Kramskoy

Affiliated media: CBS Media, Journalist

Incident date: January 20, 2022

Attack type:

Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Krasnodar Krai, village Severny

Additional information:

According to Kramskoy, police officers approached him in the evening of January 20 while he was waiting for a bus at a bus stop in the village Severny and demanded to see his documents. The journalist then asked them to identify themselves and, after their refusal, started calling the number «102». While talking to the dispatcher on the phone, he was attacked by one of the policemen. «Already in the car, I introduced myself as a journalist and was told that they do not like journalists. Then, they took me to the police station, where I spent the night. In the morning, they took me to court. Before that, they threatened me and my family if I talked about what had happened, they pointed guns at me. My lip is broken, it is difficult to swallow, my head hurts and my cheek is swollen, and I am missing half of my tooth. The doctor said that the injuries are criminal, they will do a CT scan of the brain. I had the beating recored at the hospital», — said Kramskoy.