Olga Smirnova

Affiliated media: Rabochiy Krai, Journalist

Incident date: March 3, 2018

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Ivanovo Oblast, Ivanovo

Additional information:

The Frunzenskiy District Court in Ivanovo held a pre-trial session on the case of the dismissal of journalists at the longest-running regional newspaper "Rabochiy Krai”. The journalists - Mikhail Kuzmin and Olga Smirnova – demand the return of their rights and their former positions at the newspaper.