Journalists, Including RIA Novosti Correspondent, Detained In Minsk 'for Identity Check'

Journalists, Including RIA Novosti Correspondent, Detained in Minsk 'for Identity Check'

Several journalists, including RIA Novosti correspondent Kirill Rubtsov, were detained in Minsk near the Dynamo Stadium for a document check

MINSK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st September, 2020) Several journalists, including RIA Novosti correspondent Kirill Rubtsov, were detained in Minsk near the Dynamo Stadium for a document check.

Journalists Andrei Shavlyugo of Belapan and Mikita Vedovertov of Komsomolskaya Pravda were also detained, the correspondent said. According to him and Belarusian media, a total of eight journalists were detained, all of them were taken to the Oktyabrskiy district police department.

The RIA Novosti correspondent said that he had presented a journalist ID to police officers during the detention.