Petr Pliev

Affiliated media: Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Journalist

Incident date: June 19, 2017

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Council of Europe

Location: Russia, North Ossetia–Alania Republic, Mikhaylovskoye

Additional information:

Unknown assailants approached Pliev in the street and hit him on the head, after which he lost consciousness. Peter Pliev suggested that the beating was related to his journalistic activities. The day before, Pliev accused local entrepreneur Murat Kisiev of illegally appropriating grazing land and building industrial enterprises on the site.