- Justice for Journalists
covid-19

Vladimir Vorontsov

Affiliated media: "Police ombudsman" (public group in Vkontakte), Blogger

Incident date: April 8, 2020

Attack type:

  • Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: "Police ombudsman" group in VKontakte

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

An administrative case was initiated about the spread of fake news about coronavirus, over a publication that referred to cases of infection at the FSB Institute. Vorontsov was not the author of the post.

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