Svetlana Shishkanova

Affiliated media: Batayskoye Vremya, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: January 31, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Journalists' and Media Workers' Union

Location: Russia, Rostov Oblast, Rostov-na-Donu

Additional information:

The editor-in-chief of Batayskoye Vremya Svetlana Shishkanova was given ten days of arrest. The court accused Shishkanova of taking part in an unauthorised action that caused interference with transport or social infrastructure — Article 20.2.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation.