Alexandra Novikova

Affiliated media: Kamchatka State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company , News anchor

Incident date: August 5, 2020

Attack type:

Dismissal / involuntary dismissal / forced quitting of the profession / expulsion from the educational institution

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Russia, Kamchatka Krai, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy

Additional information:

Alexandra Novikova, a news anchor at the Kamchatka State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company, resigned after organizing a rally in support of the arrested former governor of the Khabarovsk Sergei Furgal in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy. “I was fired of my own free will the next day after I gathered people in the square. We had an agreement with the boss, so I kept my word, ”, said Novikova.