- Justice for Journalists
covid-19

Affiliated media: VK-public "Zhest' po Pskovski", Blogger

Incident date: May 29, 2020

Attack type:

  • Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: 7х7

Location: Russia, Pskov Oblast, Pskov

Additional information:

A criminal case on the spread of fake news has been initiated against the unidentified author of the publication from April,14 about COVID-19 in the regional psychiatric hospital and inaction of its management. The author of the post is facing up to three years in jail.

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