On July 22, an unknown man called Svetlana Anokhina, a journalist in Dagestan, several times and threatened to kill her. After confirming he was speaking to Anokhina, the caller told her he had been “given orders to deal with feminists”. This was an apparent reference to Anokhina’s position as chief editor of Daptar.ru, an independent website which has covered women’s issues in the North Caucasus for the past six years.
OpenDemocracy: After a Chechen woman died, a journalist was targeted with death threats
A Chechen policeman guards in front of the Heart of Chechnya - Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque in Grozny on July 26, 2019.
