Anna Shushpanova

Affiliated media: "Sestroretsky Activ", VK Group administrator , Activist

Incident date: April 3, 2020

Attack type:

• Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Index on Censorship

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Sestroretsk

Additional information:

The first criminal case under the new Article 207 of the Criminal Code on fake news surrounding coronavirus. In St. Petersburg, Anna Shushpanova, the administrator of the "Sestroretsky Activ" VK group, was interrogated and her property searched. The reason was a post about a patient with coronavirus released from a Sestroretsk clinic.