Andrey Okun

Affiliated media: MR7, Journalist

Incident date: December 29, 2020

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel 'Media ombudsman'

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

The journalist of the MR7 portal, Andrey Okun, attended the New Year gifts giveaway, which was organized by the deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Igor Vysotsky in his office. First, the journalist was pushed out of the room by an unknown man. When the journalist finally ended up in the deputy's office, he promised to sue the journalist and was glad that a law on criminal liability for libel on the Internet had recently been approved.