Sergei Sineok

Affiliated media: Tihiy Don, TV journalist

Incident date: April 23, 2017

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Glasnost Defence Foundation

Location: Russia, Rostov Oblast, Rostov-on-Don

Additional information:

In Rostov-on-Don, the CEO of Don-Media holding Director General Anatoly Maksak fired the well-known TV journalist Sergei Sineok, officially as part of wider staff redundancy measures. However, the company was not being reduced, and the television studio was working as well as ever.