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Affiliated media: Govorit Magadan, Online media

Incident date: April 2, 2020

Attack type:

  • Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: МБХ media

Location: Russia, Magadan Oblast, Magadan

Additional information:

The Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Magadan Region in Russia charged the founder of the online newspaper Gorovit Magadan with dissemination of false information for a second time. The case was initiated due to an article that claimed that doctors of an infectious diseases hospital for children have to sew their own medical masks.

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