Natalia Vakhonina

Affiliated media: Independent news agency "Mezhdy Strok" (Between the lines), Editor-in-chief

Incident date: August 12, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-physical and/or cyber-attacks and threats

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: mstrok.ru

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Nizhny Tagil

Additional information:

The police visited the editorial office of the news agency after the denunciation of the head physician of the city hospital No. 1 Oleg Nikolaev. The reason was the article published in June “There was a complete mess in the department.” The story of a resident of Nizhny Tagil with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis. The doctor accused the journalists of spreading false information. Administrative case was not initiated.