Asya Kazantseva

Affiliated media: Science journalist, Writer

Incident date: December 13, 2023

Attack type:

• Identity theft / phishing / doxxing

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Agentstvo's Twitter account

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The bookstore Abraknigabra in Tver cancelled a meeting with science journalist Asya Kazantseva. The reasons for the cancellation are not specified. On December 11, the presentation of Kazantseva’s book «Where Do Children Come From?» was cancelled by the Moscow bookstore Chitay-gorod, allegedly having «listened to the feedback» of the audience. The journalist believes that this was due to her anti-war position and denunciations of Z-channel authors. A day after the cancellation of the event in Chitay-Gorod, State Duma deputy Andrey Lugovoy published Kazantseva’s personal data in his Telegram channel, accusing her of «betraying her country».