Denis Shaykin

Affiliated media: Kursk Week, MK-Chernozemye newspaper , Editor-in-chief, Publisher

Incident date: September 29, 2020

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defence Foundation

Location: Russia, Kursk Oblast, Kursk

Additional information:

A criminal case was opened against journalist Denis Shaykin by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Kursk region. The editor-in-chief of the Kursk Week media and publisher of the MK-Chernozemye newspaper is suspected of extortion.