Echo of Moscow in Orenburg - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Echo of Moscow in Orenburg , Online news outlet

Incident date: April 2, 2020

Attack type:

Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Open Media

Location: Russia, Orenburg Oblast, Orenburg

Additional information:

Echo of Moscow in Orenburg was asked by the Prosecutor General’s office to delete the post of Vladimir Osechkin about the “outbreak of an unknown disease” in the region.

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