Shock incident: cases have been opened on the fact of the attack on the journalist of the Izvestia News Center

Criminal cases have been opened in St. Petersburg over the attack on a journalist of the 78 TV channel. Alyona Chernysheva was talking to the neighbors of a teenager injured in a firecracker explosion when she was attacked by an unknown man. He knocked the reporter to the ground, dragged her and strangled her, hit her in the face. The girl was diagnosed with a closed craniocerebral injury and bruises. Criminal cases have been initiated on intentional infliction of minor harm to health and obstruction of the professional activities of journalists. The attacker may face a real prison sentence, lawyers believe.

Attack on a journalist of the 78 TV channel

Law enforcement officers are investigating the circumstances of the attack on a journalist of the 78 TV channel (part of the Izvestia News Center) To Alain Chernyshev. The investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Nevsky district of St. Petersburg has opened a criminal case into the attack, the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk said in her Telegram channel. The case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 2 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Intentional infliction of minor harm to health").

A man attacked Alyona Chernysheva during the preparation of a story about an 18-year-old young man who suffered from a firecracker explosion. He was diagnosed with an explosive injury, traumatic complete amputation of his left hand, multiple shrapnel injuries, open traumatic brain injury and second degree shock. He was hospitalized in serious condition.

During the conversation between the correspondent and the victim's neighbors, an unknown man hit Alena Chernysheva. He knocked the journalist to the ground in the entrance of the house, then dragged her and began to strangle her. The girl managed to escape, but the attacker hit her in the face several times.

The correspondent of the publication wrote a statement to the police. She was diagnosed with a concussion, a closed craniocerebral injury, bruises and a bruise of the lower jaw on the left.

The incident attracted the attention of the St. Petersburg branch of the Russian Union of Journalists. Its chairman Dmitry Sherikh sent a letter to Oleg Bobkov, Acting head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the city of St. Petersburg.

"We believe that the described actions of an unidentified person against a correspondent of the 78 TV channel contain obvious signs of offenses, including beatings, injury to health and obstruction of the legitimate professional activity of a journalist — offenses falling under Article 144 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Article 58 of the Federal Law "On Mass Media," the statement says. the appeal.

He asks to verify the information and consider bringing the perpetrator to justice to the fullest extent of the law.

The Investigative Department for the Nevsky district of the General Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for St. Petersburg has also opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Article 144 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("obstruction of the legitimate professional activities of journalists, combined with violence against a journalist"). Investigative actions are underway.

What threatens the attacker

According to Izvestia, the attacker turned out to be 57-year-old Yuli Zh. The man has the status of sole proprietor, is engaged in the production of optical devices, photo and film equipment.

He is a member of the register of unscrupulous suppliers, while his customers at various times were the All-Russian Scientific Research Geological Petroleum Institute, the Ministry of Health of Kabardino-Balkaria, the All-Russian Research Institute of Soy, the Kazan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Federal Scientific Center named after I.V. Michurin. The man was repeatedly charged through the courts.

The assailant of the journalist could face up to two years in prison under the article on intentional infliction of minor bodily harm, Alexey Gavrishev, head of AVG Legal, told Izvestia.

— For intentional infliction of minor harm to health, resulting in a short—term health disorder or minor permanent loss of general ability to work, a fine of 40 thousand rubles or arrest for up to six months may be threatened, - said the lawyer.

In cases where this happened out of hooligan motives, for political reasons, the punishment can reach two years in prison, the lawyer added.

Obstruction of the legitimate professional activity of journalists is punishable by forced labor for up to five years or imprisonment for up to six years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years.