- Justice for Journalists
covid-19

Affiliated media: TVK, Editorial

Incident date: April 23, 2020

Attack type:

  • Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: TVK

Location: Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk

Additional information:

At the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the media and telecommunications censorship agency Roskomnadzor ordered to delete the video it deemed fake. The video shows pensioners from the “Putin’s unit” movement accusing Donald Trump in inventing COVID-19 while burning the virus’ symbol in a bucket.

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