Maria Magdalena Tunkara (Young Masha) - Justice for Journalists

Maria Magdalena Tunkara (Young Masha)

Affiliated media: Instagram and TikTok blogger

Incident date: June 17, 2020

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Meduza

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

Maria Magdalena Tunkara, a blogger from St. Petersburg, wrote on Instagram that officials from the prosecutor’s office visited her to have a conversation about the dissemination of extremist materials. The prosecutor’s office had claims about 7 videos in which she discusses racism and nationalism in Russia and responds to commentary.

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