Lyudmila Palaeva

Affiliated media: Onega, Chief Editor

Incident date: July 28, 2017

Attack type:

• Dismissal / involuntary dismissal / forced quitting of the profession / expulsion from the educational institution

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Glasnost Defence Foundation

Location: Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Onega

Additional information:

In Arkhangelsk Oblast, the former editor of the “Onega” newspaper, Lyudmila Palaeva, spoke out about her unfair dismissal in connection with a scandal surrounding the journalist Sergei Gorbunov. She had refused to dismiss Gorbunov, who had criticised authorities. As a result, her contract was not renewed.