Dmitry Artyukh

Affiliated media: Zebra, Columnist

Incident date: July 20, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel Media Ombudsman

Location: Russia, Vladimir Oblast, Vladimir

Additional information:

The deputy head of the administration of Vladimir Sergey Sysuyev forbade the Zebra columnist Dmitry Artyukh to attend the meeting of the toponymic commission, which is to consider the issue of renaming Parizhskaya Kommuna Street after Lieutenant General Roman Kutuzov who died in the war in Ukraine. The mayor’s office referred to the fact that the regulations of the toponymic commission do not provide for the presence of media representatives at the meetings. According to Zebra, the majority of the street residents are against the renaming.