Mikhail Kozachkov

Affiliated media: Telegram channel Kozachkov offside, Blogger

Incident date: December 14, 2022

Attack type:

• Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

The author of the Telegram channel Kozachkov offside, journalist Mikhail Kozachkov reports that one «allegedly Kazakhstani Telegram channel Akhmetov» spreads lies about him. The information the journalist is referring to is contained in a publication about the ban on concerts of Russian stars in Kazakhstan. Its author accuses Kazakh bloggers of organising a campaign against the show. In particular, the article mentions «blogger Kozachkov», who allegedly wrote: «This looks like Kremlin political technologies. Against the background of losing their official propaganda with Solovyov-Simonyans, they need new creative solutions». Kozachkov responded to the post by saying that he did not call for the cancellation of Polina Gagarina’s concert and other concerts, and the above quote does not belong to him, «it was made up by the author of the channel Akhmetov».