Ivanovo Deputy Fined for Assaulting Journalist
The Ivanovsky court fined a United Russia member 5,000 rubles for calling a journalist a faggot and stomping on his glasses.
Consensus
- Artem Potapenko, a United Russia deputy from Ivanovo Oblast, was fined 5,000 rubles by a court in Ivanovo.
- The fine was issued for an incident involving a journalist on July 17 in the center of Ivanovo.
- Potapenko admitted to removing the journalist's glasses, slapping him, spitting on him, and using offensive language.
- The court case was based on Article 5.61, Part 1 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses.
- The journalist, Alexey Mashkевич, is the editor-in-chief of the publication 'Slohi i Fakty'.
Points of divergence
- Potapenko also allegedly threatened to rape the journalist. — novaya_eu
- The journalist's publication had written about noise from the textile company led by Potapenko and 'gray' salaries there. — tg_horizontal_russia
- The journalist's publication had written several articles about the textile company led by Potapenko. — novaya_eu
Coverage (2 sources)
- In Ivanovo, a United Russia deputy was fined for calling a journalist a f*cker, spitting in his face and crushing his glasses — Новая газета Европа
- Ivanovsky court fined Unity Party member 5 thousand rubles for calling journalist a faggot and stomping on his glasses — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия
Key entities
- Alexey Mashkevich
- Artema Potapenko
- United Russia
- Ivanova
- Ivanova
- Oktyabrsky District
- Seven Seven
- Rumors and Facts
- Ivanovsky Court
- Russia
- World
- Ivanovsky Oblast Duma
- World Judge