Alerts | Verbal attack or intimidation by public (non online)

BookInfo editor threatened by Russian priest

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Serhiy Zaraisky, the editor-in-chief of Ukrainian media outlet BookInfo was threatened during a phone call with the secretary of the Bukovina diocese of the Moscow Patriarchate, Mykyta Storozhuk. During the call, which lasted half an hour, Storozhuk had reportedly requested a personal meeting with the editor. When he declined and questioned the religious figure about the purpose of his call, Storozhuk said he “declared war” against him. He also requested information on where Zaraisky was based.

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