Sergey Dorovskikh - Justice for Journalists
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Sergey Dorovskikh

Affiliated media: Public group "Zhest' Krasnodara" , Blogger

Incident date: April 5, 2020

Attack type:

  • Non-physical and/or cyber-attacks and threats

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: MBK Media

Location: Russia, Krasnodar Krai, Krasnodar

Additional information:

The owner of the public group "Zhest' Krasnodara", Sergey Dorovskikh, said that on the afternoon of April 5, the police questioned him about publishing a fake video about the construction of a hospital in Sochi for patients infected by the COVID-19. In the video, workers were building a hospital singing the song "Holy War". "Yesterday, two people from the Criminal Investigation Department came to warn me that they are monitoring my social networks. And next time, if they don't like something, the criminal case will be initiated," said Dorovskikh.

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