Journalist Gleb Pyanykh reports his detention in Krasnodar Territory

Law enforcers have detained Gleb Pyanykh in the village of Dinskaya, where he filmed the construction of some bureaucrats' summer cottage, the journalist himself said.

Gleb Pyanykh arrived in Dinskaya to make a report about a country house, which, presumably, belongs to a high-ranking Krasnodar official, the RBC reported on October 22.

At the fence of the villa, he was stopped by a security, who asked about the reasons for filming without a permit and demanded to follow him to the security post, where there were two other securities. The journalist was released after he began filming what was happening to his mobile phone, the RBC reports.

But after 500 meters, the journalist's car was stopped by policemen, who told about a received application against him, the newspaper "Obschaya Gazeta" reported on October 22 on its website.

Law enforcers detained Gleb; and he had to write an explanatory note, in which he stated that he was filming a report on the illegal construction, in his opinion, on agricultural land. According to Pyanykh, he was released two hours later, the "Echo of Moscow" reported on its website on October 22.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on October 23, 2019 at 07:38 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.