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Anonymous threats against journalists at Glavkom

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Staff of Ukrainian news outlet Glavkom received anonymous e-mail threats over their coverage of the war. The anonymous author said that every employee of the Glavkom who “does not stop working for the Ukrainian propaganda of the Zelensky regime” will be punished under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Terrorism”. “All the data of the staff of your media has been leaked to the officers of FSB of Russia,” the user wrote. It also threatened prison sentences for their staff. The journalists said they believed they were threatened because of reporting on the Russian-Ukrainian war.

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