Событие - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Business Vector, Online publication

Incident date: December 27, 2017

Attack type:

Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Saratov Oblast, Saratov

Additional information:

In Saratov, police opened two criminal cases on spreading slander in publications on the websites of the PR agency "Obshchestvennoye Mneniye" (CEO - Alexey Kolobrodov) and "Business Vector" (Manager - Marina Laikask).

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