Tikhon Dziadko - Justice for Journalists

Tikhon Dziadko

Affiliated media: TV Rain, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: March 1, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Novaya Gazeta

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Journalist of TV Rain Yekaterina Kotrikadze and the channel's editor-in-chief Tikhon Dziadko started receiving threats. The channel's editorial office said that the journalists' phone numbers became public. Kotrikadze's and Dziadko's phones receive spam SMS and calls from unknown numbers and personal messages in messengers with symbols of the Male State movement. One of such messages contained a threat to «go and visit tomorrow» Kotrikadze's mother.

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