Nikolai Andrushchenko

Affiliated media: Noviy Peterburg, Journalist

Incident date: April 19, 2017

Attack type:

• Beating / injury / torture resulting in death

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

On April 19, 2017, Nikolai Andrushchenko, a 73-year-old author for the newspaper “Novy Peterburg” (New Petersburg), died in Mariinsky Hospital in St. Petersburg. He was admitted to the hospital on March 9 with a severe head injury. A few weeks later, the journalist, who investigated corruption, died without regaining consciousness.