Lyudmila Shilenko

Affiliated media: Rodnik, Chief Editor

Incident date: August 7, 2017

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defence Foundation

Location: Russia, Rostov Oblast, Matveyev Kurgan

Additional information:

The Matveyevo-Kurgan District Court (Rostov Oblast) heard a criminal case against the former editor of the district newspaper “Rodnik” Lyudmila Shilenko. She is accused of embezzling 17,000 roubles (about USD 240). The judge sentenced Shilenko to an eighteen months suspended sentence.