Irina Mezenina

Affiliated media: Tarskoye Priityshye, Chief Editor

Incident date: January 23, 2017

Attack type:

• Dismissal / involuntary dismissal / forced quitting of the profession / expulsion from the educational institution

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defence Foundation

Location: Russia, Omsk Oblast, Omsk

Additional information:

At the end of 2016, the editors of three district newspapers in Omsk Oblast were dismissed for "incompetence". They went to court to reinstate their positions. The court ruled against the editors.