Affiliated media: Infoshtab, Journalist
Incident date: June 2, 2022
Attack type:
- Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Telegram channel Media Ombudman
Location: Russia, Astrakhan Oblast, Astrakhan
Additional information:
In Astrakhan, a representative of the Infoshtab media holding was not allowed to attend the meeting of the working group of the Volga-Caspian Scientific and Fishery Council, which was held at the Caspian Scientific Research Institute of Fisheries. The representative of the Institute first referred to the fact that the agenda and the list of questions would be discussed at the meeting and proposed to write a request for presence for another day (June 3) and redirect the requests from the regional level to the federal one. However, when he arrived at the appointed time, he was still not allowed in. A representative of the Caspian Scientific Research Institute of Fisheries explained the refusal by the order of the deputy head of Rosrybolovstvo Vasily Sokolov not to let media representatives in.