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Zaporizhzhya investigative journalist blacklisted as “enemy” of Russian state

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Ukrainian journalist Kateryna Rozhdestvenska was listed on a database of “enemies” under the Russian Committee for the Protection of National Interest. She was labelled as a “Ukrainian propagandist” and accused of spreading false information about Russian soldiers and their actions. Rozhdestvenska works for Zaporizhzhya Center for Investigation, an online investigative journalism platform in Ukraine. She told the Institute of Mass Information that she was unaware of the reasons which led to her being added to the list.

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