Mikhail Kozachkov

Affiliated media: Newspaper Vremya, Journalist

Incident date: May 6, 2022

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

The correspondent of the newspaper Vremya Mikhail Kozachkov reported on Telegram that the judge of the Medeu District Court of Almaty S. Kusainova did not connect him to an open hearing on the lawsuit for the protection of the honor, dignity, and business reputation of Colonel R. Abdrakhmanov against O. Abdygapparova. According to the journalist, the judge did not justify her refusal. «She was notified both by me through the secretary and by the city court, but in the end, she decided that the laws were not written for her. Due to her fault, I missed the debate and did not find out how it was confirmed that the police officers extorted USD 4.5 million from Almaz Abdygapparov and his wife to drop the criminal case or it was all a libel», — the journalist wrote on his Telegram channel.