Olga Isakova

Affiliated media: Nikolskoe Kol'tso, Journalist

Incident date: March 30, 2018

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Smolensk Oblast, Smolensk

Additional information:

A correspondent for the Smolensk publication "Nikolskoe Kol’tso" was attacked in its editorial office by an aggressive woman unhappy with an article. Olga tried to establish a sensible dialogue with the unknown assailant, and as she reached out for the newspaper’s phone number, she suffered multiple blows to the head.