Rinat Nizamov

Affiliated media: E1.RU, Director of national network of news sites

Incident date: April 9, 2019

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

In Yekaterinburg, after a protest in defence of a public square against the construction of a church on its premises, social media featured threats calling for violence against the opponents of the construction project. Among those threatened was Rinat Nizamov, the director of the All-Russian Network of City Portals, which includes the Yekaterinburg’s E1.RU.