The Vyshka - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: The Vyshka , Online publication

Incident date: March 7, 2021

Attack type:

  • Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Without any warning, Roskomnadzor blocked the student online publication The Vyshka. The reason was the article about the medical student, who anonymously told how she was hiding drugs (for the purpose of sell) for several months after she borrowed 70,000 rubles from her friends to bribe the police who detained her with drugs.

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