Russia: the shocking death of journalist Irina Slavina must be investigated

Russian news editor Irina Slavina has died after setting herself on fire in front of an interior ministry office in Nizhniy Novgorod (Russia), on Friday. She earlier wrote on Facebook: “I ask you to blame the Russian Federation for my death.” The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ) and the Journalists’ and Media Workers’ Union (JMWU) in calling on Russian authorities to investigate Slavina’s self-immolation and death. Irina Slavina, the editor-in-chief of Koza.Press news website, set fire to herself outside of the police headquarters in Nizhny Novgorod on Friday 2 October. She died at…