Kirill Pavlov

Affiliated media: Corruption Investigation Foundation-Bureau, Journalist

Incident date: August 31, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Astana, Nur-Sultan

Additional information:

Kirill Pavlov, the journalist of the Corruption Investigation Foundation-Bureau, reported that he is being forced to delete the material about the death of fish on Lake Chebachie in Burabay and intimidated. Ilya Yarovoy, the manager of the Terrassa Park Hotel, demanded to remove the article: «I demand to delete this post and write a refutation, otherwise I will file a multimillion lawsuit against your editorial office for spreading fake information, which is totally absurd». The journalist noted that the information he published was obtained from satellites or analyzed through a neural network in different spectra, and offered the author of the claim to prepare his arguments about the situation, which the Foundation will also publish.