Affiliated media: Ng.kz , Online media

Incident date: April 3, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Kostanay Province, Kostanay

Additional information:

Unknown persons used an image of the website of Nasha Gazeta to publish fake news about the beating of popular Kazakh singer Kairat Nurtas in Kostanay. In connection with this information, the police launched an investigation into the dissemination of knowingly false information and the search for the author of the false report. Nasha Gazeta stated that it, too, was interested in catching the perpetrator in order to make its claims against him.