Yegor Baranov - Justice for Journalists

Yegor Baranov

Affiliated media: Newspaper Rabochy Kontrol, Correspondent

Incident date: April 15, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Troitsk

Additional information:

The Troitsk District Court arrested Baranov for two days in the case of disobedience to the police when he was covering the deforestation of the Troitsky forest. The journalist was released in the courtroom — the court counted the days he spent in the police station. Baranov was detained on April 13 when he was broadcasting from the Troitsky forest.

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