Событие Yevgeniya Ostraya - Justice for Journalists

Yevgeniya Ostraya

Affiliated media: Nasha Irtyshskaya Pravda, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: July 8, 2019

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Omsk Oblast, OmskRussia, Tomsk Oblast, Omsk

Additional information:

Yevgeniya Ostraya was accused of "theft" from the editorial budget. She lost her job shortly after Stanislav Sumarokov took over as head of the General Directorate of Information Policy (GUIP), who stated that the heads of regional media now "need new competencies".

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