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On August 20, leading liberal Russian journalist Julia Latynina was showered with excrement on her way to the Echo Moscow radio studio. The attack was captured on the attacker's GoPro camera and later uploaded to YouTube. Interviewed shortly after the attack by the Russian Ren-TV channel, Latynina, who serves as an anchor for the radio station and as a "Novaya Gazeta" columnist and who is often critical of Russian authorities, said that this attack was reminiscent of recent attacks against political activists who were on the "enemies of the nation" lists, posted on the Internet. This video-clip shows the footage of the attack and the interview.
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Footage of Excrement Attack on Julia Latynina Taken by Attacker's GoPro Camera
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Julia Latynina: I parked my car over there.
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I was heading to the Echo Moscow [radio station], about 25 minutes walk. I had to pass under the bridge. If someone parks his car 25 minutes away from the station, nobody could know his whereabouts unless he was being followed. It would have made sense to wait for me near the radio station entrance. That means that those guys must have been following me for a long time. They knew that I usually park here on Saturdays.
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They followed me just like professional hitmen do. But thank God, they were not killers. I consider myself so lucky.
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This was a well-planned attack. There have been about 14 or 15 such attacks recently. The Novaya Gazeta wrote about them. All these attacks resemble recent attacks in St. Petersburgagainst [political] activists who were on the "enemies of the nation" lists.
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