- Justice for Journalists

Ruslan Nurtdinov

Affiliated media: Blogger, Activist

Incident date: May 3, 2020

Attack type:

  • Breaking into email / social media accounts / computer / smartphone

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: "Idel. Реалии"

Location: Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan, Chekmagush

Additional information:

Unknown people hacked Nurtdinov’s VKontakte page and published a fake news about the transfer of troops “in connection with the non-compliance with the regime of self-isolation”. Nurtdinov is constantly facing various types of persecution for criticising the local authorities.

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