Alexander Kurilov

Affiliated media: Newspaper Programma plus, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: April 6, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Open letter of journalists from Kremenchuk

Location: Ukraine, Poltava Oblast, Kremenchuk

Additional information:

The mayor of Kremenchuk Vitalii Maletsky insulted the chief editor of «Programma plus» Alexander Kurilov during the medical emergency management meeting at the mayor’s office. He also filed a report to the Ukrainian security office demanding a check on Alexander Kurilov and the “Programma Plus” newspaper. These actions were caused after Kurilov’s critical article about mayor’s team use of food parcel distribution as a PR opportunity as well as the insufficient number of the food parcels.