Nikita Makarenko

Affiliated media: Telegram channel Makarenko Effect , Blogger

Incident date: December 8, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Telegram channel Makarenko Effect

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

Religious figure «Abror Mukhtor Aliy» (citizen Abrorjon Abduazimov) posted a news story faked in Photoshop, allegedly published in the publication Spot.uz, and containing libel against the blogger Nikita Makarenko. He also spread libelous information written in his own name, including accusing Makarenko of being the cause of the lack of gas in the country and other lies and misinformation. Makarenko wrote a complaint with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan requesting to bring citizen Abrorjon Abduazimov to responsibility.