Second Russian journalist assaulted

Local reporter is beaten up in Moscow two days after a leading journalist was severely injured in a brutal attack.

Russian journalist who was attacked in Moscow

A Russian journalist has been attacked in Moscow just days after another prominent writer was severely beaten.

No motivation for either attack has been determined, but both men wrote about efforts to stop developers from cutting down trees in forests around Moscow to build highways.

Al Jazeera’s Neave Barker reports from the Russian capital.

Source: Al Jazeera