Natalia Bessonova

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: November 2, 2018

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Sakhalin Oblast, Makarov

Additional information:

The mayor of Makarov (Sakhalin Oblast), Andrey Kraskovsky, was forced to write a statement saying that the editor-in-chief of the local newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" Natalia Bessonova left of her own accord.