In Bataysk, police detained OTR correspondents during a public opinion poll

On July 10, police in the city of Bataysk, Rostov Region, detained two correspondents of Public Television of Russia, Dmitry Andreyanov, and his son while on an editorial assignment. They were going to film an opinion poll. about this . The journalist told Radio Liberty

According to Andreyanov, the police did not explain the reason for the detention, did not draw up a protocol on the detention, and tried to tear up the press card that hung around his neck. The correspondent's son, who acted as a cameraman, was released on the spot after he showed a photocopy of his passport. “I already called my son from the car: “Do everything so that they don’t beat you, don’t break the equipment.” Because there was a risk - they tried to tear the camera out of his hands, ”said Dmitry Andreyanov.

The department told Andreyanov that he allegedly looked like a suspect in the robbery of five stores and was released only after a public defender came to see him. “We discussed for a long time what to do with me. I asked for a protocol. But none of the protocols: neither the delivery, as required by the Code of Administrative Offenses, nor the protocol on an administrative offense were drawn up. They tried to take some explanations from me. Then they brought an orientation that allegedly a person similar to me “put up” the store on the 5th. They asked where I was on the 5th. Then they checked the fines of the traffic police. In general, in the end, there are no protocols, nothing. The public lawyer arrived. He let me out of there. They tried to detain us again on the street,” Dmitry Andreyanov told Radio Liberty.

The correspondent is going to appeal against the actions of the police. The representative of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Natalya Ustimenko, commented to the Panorama portal on the detention of the journalist: “During the verification activities, this citizen refused to present documents proving his identity. The detainee was taken to the local police station. Measures are being taken to establish his identity, and the issue of bringing him to administrative responsibility is being resolved.”

Andreyanov claims that he did not refuse to show documents, but asked for justifications for verification: “It is all written in Article 13 of the Law on Police - in what cases documents can be checked. Our case does not fall under this.

For the past two years, Dmitry Andreyanov has been covering the strikes of miners in Gukovo, who are demanding payment of their wage arrears. The journalist claims that he was repeatedly detained for filming for OTP.