Ekaterina Shaitanova
Affiliated media: Chita.ru , Editor-in-chief
Incident date: August 28, 2019
Attack type:
- Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Sibir.Realii
Location: Russia, Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita
Additional information:
The police questioned journalists from Chita.Ru, who published an investigation about the falsification of signatures of municipal deputies and officials for candidates for governors of the Trans-Baikal Territory. The grounds for the investigation were the libel allegations filed by the local election commission and the "Party of Business" candidate Yana Shpak. Journalists Alexey Malashenko, Valentin Bulavko and editor Yuliya Skornyakova were interrogated. In addition, Ekaterina Shaitanova, the editor-in-chief of the news outlet, was invited to the Ministry of Internal Affairs department.