Editor-in-chief of the publication “Protocol” Matvey Kurdyumov and editor of the correspondent point “Protocol. Samara» Sergei Podsytnik said that while in Germany, they noticed that they were being followed.
“At some point, I noticed a strange man in the hostel who was watching where I was going. Later, my colleague confirmed that the unknown person was following him too,” Kurdyumov said.
According to journalists, they contacted the police twice — on March 3 and 14. Their first appeal “was ignored.” The second time, after the attack on oppositionist Leonid Volkov, they were given detailed safety instructions and promised to be summoned for questioning by the criminal police.
“A criminal case has been opened. Probably, the criminal police took this seriously,” Podsytnik said.
Journalists believe that the surveillance may be related to their investigation into how underage students at the Alabuga College in Tatarstan. Polytech is forced to assemble Shahed drones. Students are not paid for overtime, and they complain that their work leaves them no time to study. In addition, students are forced to play “patriotic” paintball, where they shoot “fascists” with NATO symbols on the flag.