Vladimir Lukashuk

Affiliated media: Voskhod, Journalist

Incident date: October 16, 2019

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Volgograd Oblast, Svetloyarsky District

Additional information:

The administration of the Svetloyarsky District in Volgograd Oblast appealed to the arbitration court with a demand to deem an article by the news agency SotsInformByuro about an environmental disaster as not credible. Two days later, a journalist covering environmental issues in the area was dismissed from the local newspaper Voskhod.