Olga Balabanova

Affiliated media: Magnitogorsk Metal newspaper , Journalist

Incident date: December 18, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: MBK Media

Location: Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Magnitogorsk

Additional information:

The editorial board of the Magnitogorsk Metal newspaper filed a complaint with the police because of threats in social networks to the journalist Olga Balabanova. As writes Ural.MBK Media, messages addressed to Balabanova appeared in the city groups in the VKontakte social networks. Later, a petition was published on the Change.org platform with a call to deprive the journalist of her accreditation «because her words are a blatant case of unprofessionalism».