Affiliated media: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Editorial

Incident date: July 27, 2020

Attack type:

• Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: MBK Media

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

The police drew up an administrative protocol on fakes on Radio Liberty because of Tatyana Voltskaya's article about disconnecting patients with COVID-19 from ventilators. Earlier, the same protocol was drawn up on Voltskaya herself. The Investigative Committee of Russia also conducted a check under the criminal article on fakes. Voltskaya refused to disclose her source - the interview was anonymous. The Prosecutor General's Office demanded to block the article.