Giorgi Gabunia

Affiliated media: TV channel Mtavari Arkhi, TV host

Incident date: June 23, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Georgian Service of Radio Liberty (Echo Kavkaza)

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

On June 23, Alexander Sherin, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defence, said that Georgian journalist Giorgi Gabunia should be punished «for insulting Vladimir Putin». «There is an article about insulting a representative of authority. It should probably be applied to this journalist. A criminal case is being initiated, and this person is simply being checked», – Alexander Sherin said in an interview with Tsargrad TV channel.