Yevgeny Yevsyukov - Justice for Journalists

Yevgeny Yevsyukov

Affiliated media: RusNews, Correspondent

Incident date: October 15, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Yevsyukov was detained on Red Square along with three other activists who were trying to unfold a banner «Free Navalny». During the arrest, he was deprived of his journalist ID card. A report on participation in an unauthorized action was drawn up on him (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). The journalist was released from the police station.

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