Oksana Goncharova - Justice for Journalists

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Oksana Goncharova

Affiliated media: RBC, Vedomosti , Former journalist

Incident date: October 20, 2022

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Novaya Gazeta

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk

Additional information:

Moscow Regional Court upheld the arrest of former RBC and Vedomosti journalist Oksana Goncharova. She is accused of murdering her ex-husband, who attacked her and before that, according to her colleagues, subjected her to domestic violence for 15 years. The Elektrostal City Court arrested Goncharova on September 30. The journalist was sent to a pre-trial detention center after her ex-husband died. Oksana is accused of his murder. Colleagues say the journalist accidentally «struck the fatal blow» while defending herself during another attack.