Andrey Serafimov

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta Europe, Telegram channel Barkhatnaya Street, Journalist

Incident date: December 9, 2023

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via judicial and/or economic pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Novaya Gazeta Europe

Location: Russia, Tomsk Oblast, Tomsk

Additional information:

A criminal case was opened against journalist Andrey Serafimov under the article on calls for activities against the security of the state (Paragraph C of Part 2 of Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The reason for the case is unknown. The journalist himself assumes that the reason was his calls not to take summonses and not to go to military enlistment centres, published in social networks. The journalist said that law enforcers came to his relatives twice: first under the guise of a survey, later they were summoned for questioning. Law enforcement officers also visited the university where Serafimov is enrolled. He is outside Russia.