Olga Baskaeva

Affiliated media: iryston.tv, Head of the Thematic Broadcasting Service

Incident date: August 22, 2020

Attack type:

• Dismissal / involuntary dismissal / forced quitting of the profession / expulsion from the educational institution

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Kavkaz. Realii

Location: Russia, North Ossetia–Alania Republic, Vladikavkaz

Additional information:

Over 20 staff members, including senior staff, resigned from the TV channel. Journalists have complained about censorship and pressure from the CEO Timur Gudiev, who became the head of the TV channel in 2019.