Andrei Varkentin

Affiliated media: Main Channel Yekaterinburg, Journalist

Incident date: May 25, 2019

Attack type:

• Breaking into email / social media accounts / computer / smartphone

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

In May 2019, journalists covering protests in Yekaterinburg against the construction of a church in a public square reported attempts to hack into their Telegram accounts.