Yuri Gorodetsky

Affiliated media: Life of Yakutsk and Criminal Yakutia newspapers, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: May 2, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk

Additional information:

Publisher and editor-in-chief of the Life of Yakutsk and Criminal Yakutia newspapers Yuri Gorodetsky was attacked at his apartment building entryway. Unknown persons splashed liquid into his eyes, as a result of which Gorodetsky received an eye burn and was taken by an ambulance to the city's ophthalmology department. Gorodetsky believes that the attack may be related to his professional activity.