Maria Bukhtueva - Justice for Journalists

Maria Bukhtueva

Affiliated media: TVK , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: May 26, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Novaya Gazeta

Location: Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk

Additional information:

A VKontakte user threatens the journalist with violence, mentioning «Kashin's bar». The threats were posted under a repost of the Novaya Gazeta text about attacks on the media for publishing articles about the coronavirus. The journalistic Syndicate-100 demands that the author of the threats be held criminally liable.

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