Denis Shaikin

Affiliated media: MK Chernozemye, Kurskaya Nedelya, Journalist

Incident date: May 15, 2019

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Kursk Oblast, Kursk

Additional information:

A court in Kursk sentenced the former publisher of "MK Chernozemye" and "Kurskaya Nedelya" Denis Shaikin to 160 hours of mandatory work in a libel case concerning local MP Nikolai Poltoratsky. The journalist accused the politician of rehabilitating fascism for content in “Kurskiye Izvestia”, owned by Poltoratsky.