Alexey Kryvtsov

Affiliated media: Berega, Journalist

Incident date: August 7, 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, Yaroslavl Oblast, Tutayev

Additional information:

Alexey Kryvtsov, a journalist for the Tutaev newspaper "Berega" (Yaroslav Oblast), resigned from the publication after posting criticisms on Facebook of the Oblast’s acting governor Dmitry Mironov. “I was told that if I did not resign, I would be fired" the journalist said.