Elena Solovieva

Affiliated media: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Journalist

Incident date: February 11, 2021

Attack type:

• Identity theft / phishing / doxxing

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Journalists' Facebook page

Location: Russia, Komi Republic, Syktyvkar

Additional information:

Anonymous Telegram channels have published Solovieva’s tax returns and information about her salary. "This morning, I was sent a link to a post from the 'Kimi Telega' Telegram channel, which supposedly belongs to Pavel Marushak, the ex-head of the Komi Information Department", said Solovieva on her Facebook page. She is accused of collaborating with foreign publications. The journalist links this attack to her work in covering the protests in Shiyes in 2019.