Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesKYIV—The journalist who broke two of the biggest war-time corruption stories to embarrass President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government has been threatened and abused, and even suffered an attack on his home by hired thugs.Yuri Nikolov, the editor-in-chief of independent publication Nashi Groshi (Our Money), told The Daily Beast that the so-called police investigation into the intimidation tactics used against him has become “a mockery.”
Journalists from the investigative outlet Bihus.Info noticed espionage activities while looking into the case of Ukraine’s SBU Security Service eavesdropping on their team, said the outlet’s editor and journalist, Alisa Yurchenko, in an interview with Radio Svoboda on Feb. 6.
One of Ukraine’s most popular news websites investigating corruption has had its journalists wiretapped, with a video leaked of employees snorting unidentified substances at a party.
Ukraine’s National Police have launched a criminal investigation into the surveillance of Bihus.Info in response to a statement by investigative journalist Maria Zemlianska, Bihus.Info’s deputy chief editor Alisa Yurchenko said on Jan. 18.