Yana Sakhipova

Affiliated media: OVD-Info , Chief editor

Incident date: June 22, 2020

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences
• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

Yana Sakhipova was detained along with other support group members for the defendants in the St. Petersburg «Network» case on the day the verdict was announced for Viktor Filinkov and Yulian Boyarshinov (Sakhipova is Boyarshinov's wife). The journalist spent two days at the police station. She was charged under Articles 19.3 (disobedience to police) and 20.2 (unauthorized rally) of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation.