Marfa Smirnova

Affiliated media: The Insider , Journalist

Incident date: July 24, 2023

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via non-physical pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: The Insider

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Journalist Marfa Smirnova said that she has been receiving threats from unknown persons since April. Some people text to her in Telegram and threaten her with a «meeting» if she does not stop writing — apparently journalistic materials, including reports. Smirnova was also sent a wiretap of her family’s flat in Moscow — an audio message in which a conversation in the flat can be heard, as well as a photo of family members sitting in a car. It is impossible to publish all the threatening screenshots due to the presence of personal data of Marfa Smirnova’s family extracted by the attackers.