Mikhail Sirkeli

Affiliated media: Nokta.md news portal, Journalist

Incident date: May 22, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Nokta.md

Location: Moldova, Comrat

Additional information:

Anatoly Kobolsky, the road improvement specialist in Comrat Mayor’s Office, threatened to physically assault Mikhail Sirkeli, the journalist from Nokta.md. Commenting on an issue of Sirkeli’s program on social networks, in which the journalist spoke critically about him, Kobolsky wrote: «Tomorrow I will dismember this clown».