Reuters - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Reuters, News agency

Incident date: January 26, 2021

Attack type:

Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Rosneft demanded that Reuters remove the material about the Vostok Oil project published on January 15 and apologise for publishing "inaccurate information", otherwise Rosneft will go to court. Reuters refused to remove the publication about the Vostok Oil project, which Rosneft earlier demanded to remove from its website.

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