Alerts | Arrest/detention at protest/demonstration

Kholod Media podcast producer arrested at Moscow anti-war protest

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Alexei Ponomarev, a podcast producer at independent Russian publication Kholod Media was arrested at an anti-war rally in Moscow. Taisiya Bekbulatova, editor-in-chief of Kholod, confirmed he had been attending in a professional capacity to record material for a podcast. Ponomarev had his press identification with him at the time.

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