Roman Badanin
Affiliated media: Proekt.media , Editor-in-chief
Incident date: January 28, 2021
Attack type:
- Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Twitter account of Proekt.media
Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow
Additional information:
The discrediting campaign has been organised against Proekt.media. Firstly, the State Duma Committee on Information Policy has prepared a so-called report titled «express-analysis of fakes» about the protest rally on January 23, where Proekt.media was blamed for using various data resources, including Anti-Corruption Foundation and not Ministry of Internal Affairs data only. Then, the investigation made by Proekt.media was discredited on the NTV TV channel. On the same day, the publication called Octagon released the special-order material about Roman Badanin, Proekt.media editor-in-chief which is entirely composed of lies and mistakes. Later, Kremlin-owned Telegram channels shared Octagon's investigation.