Nadezhda Afanasieva

Affiliated media: Business magazine Profile, Journalist

Incident date: September 9, 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, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Nadezhda Afanasieva, a journalist for the website of the business magazine “Profile”, was fired after publishing material about municipal elections on September 10, which criticised authorities in Moscow.