Russian journalists attacked, harassed while covering vote for Putin to remain in power
Vilnius, Lithuania, July 1, 2020 – Russian authorities should ensure that journalists are able to cover the country’s ongoing vote freely, and should refrain from harassing and detaining members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Since June 21, authorities have attacked, arrested, or harassed at least five journalists in the lead-up…
Kirill Radchenko
Unidentified attackers shot and killed Russian camera operator Kirill Radchenko and two colleagues – freelance reporter Orkhan Dzhemal and documentary filmmaker Aleksandr Rastorguyev – on July 30, 2018, while they were driving about 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) north of the town of Sibut in the Central African Republic. Radchenko was 33. A statement issued by the now-defunct Moscow-based investigative media outlet The…
Aleksandr Rastorguyev
Unidentified attackers shot and killed Russian documentary filmmaker Aleksandr Rastorguyev and two colleagues – freelance reporter Orkhan Dzhemal and camera operator Kirill Radchenko – on July 30, 2018, while they were driving about 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) north of the town of Sibut in the Central African Republic. Rastorguyev was 47. A statement issued by the now-defunct Moscow-based investigative media outlet The…
Igor Rudnikov
Russia’s security service (FSB) detained Rudnikov, editor-in-chief and owner of the independent Novye Kolyosa, at his house on November 1, 2017, and brought him to the Kaliningrad-based weekly’s newsroom in handcuffs with his hand swollen, according to media reports and a staff member who spoke with CPJ two days after the arrest on condition of anonymity for safety concerns….
Pavel Sheremet
Pavel Sheremet was killed in Kyiv on July 20, 2016, when an explosive device detonated under the car he was driving. He was 44. Sheremet, who wrote for the independent news website Ukrainska Pravda, was driving to the offices of the independent broadcaster Radio Vesti, where he also hosted a morning radio show, when the car he was driving…
CPJ joins call for Russian government to drop foreign agent bill
The Committee to Protect Journalists today joined nine other international press freedom organizations in signing a statement urging Russia to drop draft legislation that would add individual journalists and bloggers to the country’s list of “foreign agents.”
Local editor beaten in Yekaterinburg, Russia
Unknown assailants on April 12, 2018 attacked Dmitry Polyanin, editor-in-chief of the regional pro-government newspaper Oblastnaya Gazeta, which had recently published articles about irregularities in the local housing market and related violence, according to the paper and media reports.
Russian editor arrested, allegedly injured in custody; newspaper raided
New York, November 3, 2017–The editor-in-chief and owner of the independent, Kaliningrad-based weekly Novye Kolyosa, Igor Rudnikov, was allegedly beaten while in custody of Russia’s security service (FSB) and faces criminal prosecution, according to media reports and a staff member who spoke with CPJ on condition of anonymity for safety concerns. On the night of…
