Marina Malkova

Affiliated media: Znak.com, Correspondent

Incident date: November 23, 2020

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Location: Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Chelyabinsk

Additional information:

Unknown people destroyed a car belonging to a journalist in an attack that the reporter's employer sees as linked to her professional activities. Malkova's articles focus on corruption among local officials and law enforcement. Police initiated the criminal case. Several months ago, unknown people also damaged the car of a journalist's relative who bears the same surname.