Andrey Smirnov

Affiliated media: Chernomorsk News , Journalist

Incident date: September 5, 2020

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Chernomorsk News

Location: Ukraine, Odesa Oblast, Chernomorsk

Additional information:

The city territorial election commission banned the correspondent from streaming the open meeting. The commission members voted for the removal of the journalist from the premises of the commission during its meeting on the initiative of the chairman of the TEC Dmitry Sokolov. Andrey Smirnov usually conducts live broadcasts of all meetings of the TEC, the city executive committee, and other events. It is worth noting that other journalists present could continue their work.