Alexander Makarov - Justice for Journalists

Alexander Makarov

Affiliated media: TV Rain, Correspondent

Incident date: September 19, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: TV Rain

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Near School №2 in Kotelniki, where several PECs were located, a group of «the titushky» started threatening Makarov and the Yabloko observers. Later, their car was surrounded by a group of provokers who prevented them from leaving for an hour and a half. At another PEC, in Lyubertsy, Makarov and observers were not allowed into the polling station.

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