IPI documents more than 900 attacks on journalists and media in Russia and Ukraine since start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The vast majority of these attacks have been perpetrated by Russian forces or authorities, underscoring that Putin’s war against Ukraine is also a war against the press.
Key findings
910 cases of violations and threats against journalists and media in Russia and Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion.
Russian forces or authorities are responsible for 80 percent of these threats. In another 10 percent of cases, the responsible actor is unknown, but this includes cyber-attacks of suspected Russian origin.
At least 10 journalists have been killed in Ukraine while covering the war.
160 arrests and criminal charges brought against journalists in Russia for war-related coverage.
187 cases of websites blocked in Russia for publishing news on the war.