Nika Peschinskaya

Affiliated media: Baikal24, Journalist

Incident date: April 14, 2022

Attack type:

• prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Mass Media Defence Centre

Location: Russia, Irkutsk Oblast, Irkutsk

Additional information:

The Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk is considering a lawsuit for the protection of honor, dignity, and business reputation of former sports school instructor Anna Shumakova. She demands to recover RUB 1.2 million from Peschinskaya and to place refutations of a series of publications on Instagram, Yandex Dzen, and Baikal24. They said that the instructor was unscrupulous in her work, shouted at her subordinates and embezzled RUB 1.2 million allocated for the school’s equipment.