Affiliated media: Opposition journalists

Incident date: January 19, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel Pdmnews

Location: Russia, Chuvashia Republic, Cheboksary

Additional information:

Mikhail Ignatyev, head of Chuvashia, called for “rubbing out” journalists. “Certain journalists who come from various regions of the Russian Federation settle in well here. And they begin to write about – I don’t know what or whom. Just to earn money from various schemes. Therefore, it must be clearly indicated: they must be rubbed out, as the popular saying goes. They must be rubbed out. They must say where they have come from, with what intentions, where they live, where they work, and how they earn a living,” said Ignatyev.