Ilya Azar

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta , Journalist

Incident date: October 8, 2020

Attack type:

• Ban on entering the country, denial or revocation of a visa / accreditation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Insider

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia has revoked the journalistic accreditation of Novaya Gazeta correspondent Ilya Azar, previously issued for him to work in Nagorno-Karabakh. «The unofficial (and main) reason, as it was made clear to me, was my report from Shusha and Lachin yesterday, which, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs representative, caused a negative public response (which is true)».