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Tatyana Voltskaya

Affiliated media: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty , Correspondent

Incident date: April 30, 2020

Attack type:

  • Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: genproc.gov.ru

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

The Prosecutor-General’s Office demanded that an interview with an anonymous resuscitation doctor published of the website “Sever.Real” (an RFE/RL project). The publication talked of insufficient ventilators and instances of euthanasia. Voltskaya was questioned as a pre-investigative measure, where she was told to reveal her source.

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