Murmansk blogger is threatened after publishing an investigation about the governor’s family

Murmansk blogger Aleksandr Serebryanikov began receiving death threats after he published an investigation into the family of Governor Marina Kovtun and tax fraud. about this with reference to the blogger himself. writes Novaya Gazeta

The text tells how the governor of the Murmansk region allegedly agreed with several companies to reduce tax payments in exchange for gifts and good positions for the children of the governor.

They promise to either kill or plant drugs,

- the blogger clarifies the nature of the threats, he did not give other details.

Following the release of the investigation, which generated widespread public interest, the government of the Murmansk region issued a statement insisting that there were no benefits for companies. In 2013, a criminal case was initiated against Serebryanikov for "extremism", but it was closed.