Also, as a result of the incident, the operator who worked with Sanchez was injured. A checker fell next to the correspondent, he was stunned.

In May, during a demonstration of "yellow vests", a policeman in French Toulouse attacked RT France correspondent Frederic Aiguille. Egui tried to scream that he was a media worker, but still got a few blows with a club.

In addition, in March, producer of the video agency RT Ruptly was injured while filming the protests of the "yellow vests" in Paris at the time he was broadcasting the riots from the scene.

Also, a wound in the face during the coverage of the protests in December 2018 was received by RT France correspondent Nadezh Abderazak.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commenting on such reports, called on the French authorities to ensure the safety of journalists during protests.