Elena Chernenko - Justice for Journalists

Elena Chernenko

Affiliated media: Kommersant , Journalist

Incident date: February 25, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Novaya Gazeta

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Kommersant correspondent Elena Chernenko said that she was expelled from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs pool for organizing a letter of journalists condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to Chernenko, she was expelled from the pool with the wording «for unprofessionalism».

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