Lyudmila Kalashnikova
Affiliated media: Uralskaya Nedelya, Deputy editor-in-chief
Incident date: March 28, 2022
Attack type:
- Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-
Who attacked: Unknown sources
Source: Uralskaya Nedelya
Location: Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan Province, Uralsk
Additional information:
On the morning of March 28, an unknown person called the personal mobile number of the Uralskaya Nedelya correspondent Maria Dracheva. The man gave her name and surname, and then asked when the journalist would quit, how much she had sold out for, and why the editorial board was «in favor of nationalists in Ukraine». To Maria’s question — «Who are you?», — the man replied: «Soon you will find out who I am...». After this phrase, the man cut the conversation short. In the morning of the same day, Lyudmila Kalashnikova, deputy editor of Uralskaya Nedelya, received a call from the same number, but she did not answer the call because she was riding a bus. The editorial staff of Uralskaya Nedelya regards the content of the call from an unknown man as a real threat to the life of journalists and connects the threats with informing readers about the course of war in Ukraine.