Yekaterina Lushnikova

Affiliated media: Idel.Realities (RFE/RL), Journalist

Incident date: January 10, 2024

Attack type:

Identity theft / phishing / doxxing

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Kirov Oblast, Kirov

Additional information:

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation published on its website the home addresses of former journalist of the media outlet Idel.Realities in Kirov Yekaterina Lushnikova and four other people declared «foreign agents». The personal data is contained in the document «Planned Checks of Foreign Agents for 2024».

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