Mihail Sirkeli

Affiliated media: Nokta.md, Director

Incident date: April 3, 2025

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Mihail Sirkeli's Facebook account

Location: Moldova, Comrat

Additional information:

On Thursday, April 3, the Telegram account of Mihail Sirkeli, director of the media portal Nokta, was targeted by a bot attack. According to Nokta, Sirkeli began receiving threatening and insulting messages from unknown individuals after he allegedly posted on Facebook in support of a Zdg.md journalist who had been intimidated by Irina Vlah, president of the Republican Party 'Heart of Moldova'.