Katya Arenina

Affiliated media: Proekt, Investigative journalist

Incident date: May 23, 2025

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Proekt Media

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Journalist Katya Arenina has been threatened by a subject of her investigation into the tactics employed by FSB and KGB agents in Leningrad/St. Petersburg, which included sexual violence, blackmail, and the recruitment of minors. Vladislav Terekhin, the focus of an article published in May, sent Arenina multiple messages containing violent threats.