Saratov journalist Sergei Vilkov was forcibly taken for interrogation
On December 15, police officers in Saratov detained Sergei Vilkov, a journalist with the Obshchestvennoe Opinion newspaper, who is suspected of possessing a weapon, in order to forcibly bring him in for questioning. According to the publication, the journalist was detained at about 18:00 at his home, from where, in the absence of a lawyer, he was taken to the city Ministry of Internal Affairs for interrogation, demanding to turn off his phone.