Asya Kazantseva

Affiliated media: Science journalist, Writer

Incident date: December 14, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Asya Kazantseva's Telegram channel (Asya and Yelizavetochka)

Location: Russia, Tver Oblast, Tver

Additional information:

The bookstore Abraknigabra in Tver cancelled a meeting with science journalist Asya Kazantseva. The reasons for the cancellation are not specified. On December 11, the presentation of Kazantseva’s book «Where Do Children Come From?» was cancelled by the Moscow bookstore Chitay-gorod, allegedly having «listened to the feedback» of the audience. The journalist believes that this was due to her anti-war position and denunciations of Z-channel authors. A day after the cancellation of the event in Chitay-Gorod, State Duma deputy Andrey Lugovoy published Kazantseva’s personal data in his Telegram channel, accusing her of «betraying her country».