Maxim Ponomarev

Affiliated media: YouTube channel "PMcanal", Blogger

Incident date: June 15, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Radio Azattyq

Location: Kazakhstan, Akmola Province, Stepnogorsk

Additional information:

Blogger Maxim Ponomarev, who covers the city life in his YouTube channel, including the situation with the residents who oppose the construction of a complex for burning hazardous industrial waste near their settlements, said that he encountered attempts to put pressure on him. «Unknown people called; they didn't introduce themselves. At first, they asked: «Have you tried to look into this subject in depth?». I said that I was actually in-depth on the subject. I had studied everything. Then they started threatening me, telling me not to talk too much, to stop. But I don't take it seriously. We are not against the plant. We are against it being built close to us. I don't want our city to turn into a dump», – Ponomarev told the Radio Azattyq reporter.