Affiliated media: Govorit Magadan , Head of the publication's parent company

Incident date: May 10, 2020

Attack type:

• Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: govoritmagadan.ru

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

A police officer came to the head of the publication’s parent company, who was in strict quarantine conditions, to deliver news of an administrative case opened in Magadan about “fake news”, threatening him and suggesting to “blame everything” on the Chief Editor. This came after the news of the death of a patient who had been hospitalised with a suspected coronavirus infection.