Serafim Romanov - Justice for Journalists

Serafim Romanov

Affiliated media: Rotonda, Correspondent

Incident date: April 1, 2024

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Mediazonz

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg

Additional information:

The correspondent of Rotonda Serafim Romanov was threatened by unknown people after he tried to interview Ksenia Parfyonova, a former employee of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s media holding, who had left for Spain. Screenshots of Romanov’s correspondence with Parfyonova, as well as similar publications about Rotonda, appeared in propaganda Telegram channels. Threats and accusations began to appear in the media outlets’s own pages.

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