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On October 2, the editor-in-chief of the Nizhny Novgorod edition of Koza Press Irina Slavina passed away. She set fire to the headquarters of the Russian Interior Ministry in Nizhny Novgorod, asking before that to blame the Russian Federation for her death.
Irina Murakhtaeva, editor-in-chief of the Nizhny Novgorod edition of Koza Press, better known under the pseudonym Irina Slavina, set herself on fire at the headquarters of the Russian Interior Ministry in Nizhny Novgorod. The Baza Telegram channel reports on this.
According to the channel, the woman died on the spot. The NN.RU edition, citing eyewitnesses, reported that the woman tied herself to a bench and set her clothes on fire. Passersby and police tried to save her.
Shortly before his death, Slavina wrote on Facebook: “I ask you to blame the Russian Federation for my death.”
On October 1, Slavina’s home was searched in a criminal case against Russian businessman Mikhail Ioselevich, Radio Liberty writes. He is accused of carrying out the activities of an undesirable organization on the territory of Russia, in connection with the fact that, according to the investigation, activists of the Open Russia movement were giving lectures on its premises. During the search, Slavina’s electronic devices, personal effects, documents, notepads, etc. were seized.
The department of the Investigative Committee of the Nizhny Novgorod Region claims that the information about the connection between Slavina’s death and the search carried out in her place is “without foundation”.
The journalist was fined several times for her posts on social media and organizing processions. In particular, in March 2019, a court in Nizhny Novgorod fined Slavin 20 thousand rubles. (7.2 thousand UAH), having found her guilty of organizing an uncoordinated march in memory of Russian politician Boris Nemtsov, Radio Liberty reported. In October 2019, Slavina was fined 70 thousand rubles. (25.3 thousand UAH) for “lack of respect for the authorities and society” after she jokingly suggested on Facebook to change the name of the city of Shakhunya, changing several letters of its name in some places, the director wrote from the human rights association Agora on its Telegram channel. Pavel Chikov. In June 2020, Slavina was accused of spreading “fake news” and was fined 65 thousand rubles. (23.5 thousand UAH), according to the NN.RU edition. This came after Koza Press reported that one of the heads of the sambo academy in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, contacted dozens of people, including visitors to the school, knowing that he was infected with the coronavirus.
“For now, I just want to die. Because Part 9 of Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, which I am charged with, was written to kill journalists and the media. Financially. But the mental pain of the injustice is so strong that it is already physically tough. ” Slavina later wrote on Facebook.
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