Valentina Volkova

Affiliated media: Otkryty Lesnoy, Journalist

Incident date: November 25, 2021

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Znak.com

Location: Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Chelyabinsk

Additional information:

Volkova was not allowed into the building of the regional parliament, where the bill on QR codes was discussed. On that day, the participants of the protest action occupied the lobby and tried to break into the session hall. Volkova filed a lawsuit against the regional assembly and its speaker. She demanded that their actions be declared illegal and that journalists be given unhindered access to the parliament, including to cover the procedure of adopting the regional budget.