Nikita Telizhenko - Justice for Journalists

Nikita Telizhenko

Affiliated media: Znak.com, Journalist

Incident date: March 3, 2021

Attack type:

  • Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Sholban Kara-ool's VK account

Location: Russia, Tuva Republic

Additional information:

The head of the Republic of Tuva, Sholban Kara-Ool, expressed outrage at Telizhenko’s publication “The Collapse of the State in the Russian Murder Capital” which detailed the situation in Kyzyl. Kara-Ool said that “lawyers will take care of them”and that his outrage is shared by the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Alexander Uss.

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