Affiliated media: 73online.ru, Correspondent

Incident date: May 21, 2022

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Komsomolskaya Pravda

Location: Russia, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Ulyanovsk

Additional information:

In the Ulyanovsk Region, the Minister of Health Alexander Gashkov chased the journalist of the portal 73online.ru away from a briefing at the regional center for specialized medical care. The official referred to the fact that he wanted to hold a «closed meeting» at which «topics related to medical secrecy» would be discussed. The journalist came to the meeting at the invitation of the regional Ministry of Health.