Svetlana Shishkanova - Justice for Journalists

Svetlana Shishkanova

Affiliated media: Batayskoye Vremya, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: January 31, 2021

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Russia, Rostov Oblast, Rostov-on-Don

Additional information:

Svetlana Shishkanova, editor-in-chief of the Batayskoye Vremya newspaper, was arrested for 10 days. The court accused Shishkanova of participating in an unauthorized action that caused interference with transport or social infrastructure — Article 20.2.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation.

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