Daria Komarova

Affiliated media: RFE/RL, Journalist

Incident date: October 4, 2017

Attack type:

• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defence Foundation

Location: Russia, Chuvashia Republic, Cheboksary

Additional information:

Former editor-in-chief of the defunct newspaper "Expert Chuvashia" Daria Komarova came under suspicion under Section 2 of Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Slander in the media") due to an article about the politician Oleg Nikolaev.