Yuri Izotov - Justice for Journalists

Yuri Izotov

Affiliated media: Grani.ru , Journalist

Incident date: June 7, 2020

Attack type:

  • Identity theft / phishing / doxxing

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: myagkayasila.ru

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

The media controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin published an «investigation» about Izotov based on the stolen correspondence of the Yekaterinburg Memorial organization. In particular, the address of the journalist in Tbilisi was published. Izotov was put on the wanted list in the case of the «attack» on Rossotrudnichestvo agency in Kyiv. He asked for political asylum in Georgia.

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