Alexander Pichugin

Affiliated media: Reporter-NN, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: November 11, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RAPSI (Russian legal information agency)

Location: Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod

Additional information:

A court has fined journalist and admin of one of the Telegram channels Alexander Pichugin 300,000 rubles ($4,000) for distributing fake news about coronavirus. He was found guilty of public distribution under the guise of truth of knowingly false information posing a threat to human life and safety.