- Justice for Journalists
covid-19

Sergey Dorovskih

Affiliated media: Zhest Krasnodara, Owner of the public group

Incident date: April 5, 2020

Attack type:

  • Non-physical and/or cyber-attacks and threats

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Novaya Gazeta

Location: Russia, Krasnodar Krai, Krasnodar

Additional information:

The owner of the public group "Zhest Krasnodara" Sergei Dorovskikh, said that on the afternoon of April 5 police came to his house and asked him about the publication of a fake video showing the construction of a hospital for coronavirus patients in Sochi. In the video, workers constructing the hospital sang "The Sacred War", which opens with "Arise, vast country". "Yesterday, two people from the Criminal Investigation Department came to me and warned that they are checking my social network accounts. And next time, if they don't like something, there will proceed with a criminal prosecution", said Dorovskikh.

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