Julia Latynina: “I hope to return. - But safe

Journalist Yulia Latynina said that she left Russia after an attack by unknown persons on her car. She stated this on the air of "Echo of Moscow" in her program "Access Code".

The journalist contacted Echo of Moscow via Skype. She emphasized that she was with her parents abroad.

“I’m unlikely to be going to Russia any time soon,” she said.

Latynina also commented that she received the Anna Politkovskaya Cameron Prize from the Union of Russian Journalists (SJR). She noted that he was “quite loyal to the authorities” and that along with her the prize was received by a journalist from the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company for reporting on Syria.

“I somehow did not intend to report on bullets and even hoped that my car, which was on Sunday, that it caught fire on its own. My parents were absolutely sure that she caught fire on her own. As it turned out, she was still set on fire. That is, it turns out that we were first given a sniff of spirituality, and then a blessed fire descended on our car, ”the journalist said.

Latynina emphasized that she did not feel sorry for the car, but rather scared. “I’ve been khan’s khan’s all the time, but I’m scared that the people who did this were ready for human sacrifices, because it could catch fire at the moment when someone was sitting in it,” she said.

According to her, at that moment she had already left Russia and only her parents were at home. “And it’s scary that the car was standing next to a wooden house, and his father was 79 years old, he rushed to extinguish it, her gas tank could explode, he did not explode just because he was not full. If he hadn’t put out her, she would have burned the house because the flame was four meters high, ”she added.

Latynina said that “this whole story that happened in the summer” was distinguished by “extreme arrogance”.

The journalist about the arson of her car in early September. After several days, the investigation that the car was set on fire from three points. Latynina regarded arson as an attempted murder. According to her, the same people who had previously sprayed her house with caustic gas could do this.

About the attack on Latynin’s house in July. Then eight people were injured, among whom were four elderly people and two children. “It was some kind of substance with a sickening smell, which, as I understand it, does little harm to health,” she explained. The journalist then said that she was not going to contact the police.

On September 4, they will contact the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee and tell them about the inadmissibility of delaying investigations “in the case of the attack” on Latynina. The union regarded the attack "not just as yet another hooligan trick or act of intimidation, but as an immediate threat to her health and life."

Earlier, a journalist burned a car near her house.

Julia Latynina and her parents are abroad. The journalist does not plan to return back in the near future. Latynina made this decision because of the ongoing threats. The journalist said that she was afraid for her safety. For the same reasons, she did not specify what country she was in now.

The famous journalist Yulia Latynina left the country and she is not going to return. She made such a statement on the air of Echo of Moscow. Latynina explained to the audience that she broadcasts via Skype, as she is outside the country. She also added that her parents left Russia with her.

“I am on Skype abroad, my parents are also abroad. And I’m unlikely to be going to Russia in the near future, ”said Yulia Latynina.

A Novaya Gazeta observer explained to radio listeners that the decision was made after the recent arson of her car by unknown persons. Now she is "pretty scared", because "the people who did this were ready for human sacrifice."

A year earlier, unknown assailants attacked Latynina in the center of the Russian capital and doused her with feces.

In July of this year, the journalist’s house was poured with a pungent liquid. After that, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists called on the Russian authorities to ensure the safety of Novaya Gazeta observer Yulia Latynina.

However, after that, her car was burned near the journalist’s house. Moscow police promised to conduct a check on this fact.

The day before, Julia Latynina became the winner of the Anna Politkovskaya Cameron Tuning Journalism Prize.

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According to Latynina, after her house was doused with “odorous liquid”, she made a public statement and asked the attackers to “at least not touch her parents”. However, this did not stop the customer and the attackers, she added.

On the air she didn’t tell where exactly she had left. When asked about the direction of temporary emigration, she asked her interlocutor: “Do you really need killers to find me in this country too?”

“Obviously, I’ll be back when I realize that the threat has passed or there are reasonable reasons to believe that it has passed,” the journalist added.

“I don’t understand what is happening, but I understand that there is something unmotivated, some inadequate, not entirely clear than the dictated violence and impunity,” said Yulia Latynina.

“This morning, for no reason, my car caught fire and burned to the ground. She stood on the very site in front of the house, in the very place that was already attacked when we and our neighbors were sprayed with this non-lethal poisonous substance, ”Latynina said.

As Latynina noted, an investigator who arrived at the scene said that a fire could have occurred due to faulty wiring.

The journalist’s mother Alla Latynina said that she and her husband noticed a burning car at about 7.30 in the morning.

“The husband jumped out into the street, grabbed a fire extinguisher and began to extinguish. Ten minutes later, firefighters arrived, by this time the flame had already been localized, but the car - an old BMW, she was 15 years old - had burned to the ground, ”Latynina Sr. said.

Later, in a burnt car, police discovered three hot spots.

The interrogator told Latynina that the car had fires in three places. Thus, the version of spontaneous combustion, which the journalist’s family considered on an equal basis with others, is probably not confirmed, she notes.

“For the past few days, we have been convincing ourselves that the car could burn out on its own, because it was out of order after the previous attack. They thought that numerous washes could somehow negatively affect. But it turns out that this is not so, ”the journalist said in a conversation with Novaya Gazeta.

“The car had a full tank of gasoline, and it's good that it did not explode. My father extinguished it from a fire extinguisher. Those who did this were prepared for the fact that the house could burn out (it stands almost in the forest), and that my elderly parents could have an attack. They were ready for the victims. This is the saddest thing in the whole story, ”the journalist added.

At the end of July 2017, another attack was carried out on the house where Yulia Latynina lives with her family at night.

According to Latynina, the building was sprayed with corrosive gas of unknown composition. It is noted that as a result of the incident, eight people were injured, among whom were four elderly people, as well as two children. In turn, the neighbors said that they noticed the attacking car driving away.

The capital’s Interior Ministry headquarters said that the caustic odorous liquid that unknown people poured on the house of journalist Yulia Latynina last night in the village of Peredelkino near Moscow is not dangerous to health.

“The police received information that unidentified persons poured liquidity with a pungent odor on a house in the village of Peredelkino on the territory of“ new ”Moscow. It has been established that spilled liquid does not constitute a danger to human life and health, ”the ministry said.

The police noted that the investigative-operational group was immediately sent to the scene to establish all the circumstances of the incident.

In August 2016, Yulia Latynina was attacked near the editorial office of Ekho Moskvy radio station. The incident occurred on the Arbat. Unknown motorcyclists ran up to Latynina and doused her with feces.

“One of them was wearing a motorcycle helmet so that it could not be identified. The second was waiting on a motorcycle, ”Latynina said.

According to the journalist, she was hunted down for several weeks. She added that it was “the 14th or 15th attack on her.”

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on the Russian authorities to investigate the attack on the house of journalist Yulia Latynina.

The Committee stated the need to hold those responsible accountable and ensure the safety of Latynina.

“We urge the Russian authorities to take this attack on Yulia Latynina seriously and provide her with the opportunity to live and work in safety,” said Nina Ognyanova, CPJ program coordinator in Europe and Central Asia.

The Union of Russian Journalists also called for punishing the attackers on Novaya Gazeta journalist Yulia Latynina. The corresponding statement was published on the organization’s website.

“The Union of Journalists calls for a thorough investigation of what happened, to find and punish the attackers,” the statement said.

Julia Latynina is a Russian journalist, writer and literary critic. Author of novels in the genres of political science fiction and political and economic detective story. In journalism, she is known as a political observer and economic analyst.

IA SakhaNews.   Newspaper Browser Julia Latynina   left Russia with her parents and is not going to return to her homeland at least in the near future. She reported about it on air of radio station "Echo of Moscow".

As the journalist herself noted, she left Russia after unknown persons set fire to her car. This happened on September 3 near her house in Peredelkino.

“I don’t feel sorry for the car, I’m pretty scared, I’ve always been“ fuckers and fuckers, ”and I’m scared that the people who did this were ready for human casualties because the gas tank could explode. When my house was poured with “odorous liquid”, I publicly turned to those who did it and asked me to at least not touch my parents ”,   - said Latynina.

At the end of July 2017, another attack was carried out on the house where Yulia Latynina lives with her family at night. According to Latynina, the building was sprayed with corrosive gas of unknown composition. It is noted that as a result of the incident, eight people were injured, among whom were four elderly people, as well as two children, writes “Gazeta.Ru”.

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In 1988 she graduated from the A.M. Gorky Literary Institute. In 1992, at the Gorky Institute of World Literature, she defended her thesis for the degree of candidate of philological sciences on the topic “Literary Sources of the Anti-utopian Genre” (specialty - literature of Western Europe, America and Australia). A number of sources indicate that she graduated from the graduate school of the Institute of Slavic Studies and Balkan Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Since 1990, published as a prose writer. She equally acts both in the genre of action-packed detective-adventure prose on Russian material, and in science fiction. Published in the magazines “October”, “Friendship of Peoples”, “Star”, “New World”, “Banner”, “Knowledge is Power”, “Century XX and Peace”, Facets.

In 1994-2000 she was a member of the Democratic Choice of Russia party.

Since 1995, has been a member of the Writers' Union of Moscow.

In 1995, Latynina’s novel “The Preacher” became the finalist of the “Wanderer” award. In 2000, the final of the same prize was The Tale of the Sovereign of Cassia.

In 1995, the novel "Clearch and Hercules" became the nominee for the Russian Booker Prize.

In 1995-1997 she was an economic observer in the newspapers "Today" and "Izvestia".

In 1997-1998 was an economic columnist for the newspaper Expert.

In 1999, the Russian Biographical Institute awarded Latynin the title "Person of the Year" "for success in economic journalism."

In 1999 - laureate of the Marble Faun Prize for novels of the Wei Empire series.

In 1999-2000 was an economic columnist for The Top Secret Monthly.

In 2000, she became a finalist of The Hexagon Nut - the International Prize for Fantastic Literature named after Arkady and Boris Strugatsky for the novel Insider.

In 2000-2001 she worked as a correspondent, and then as the author of the program “Ruble Zone” on the NTV channel.

Since 2001, he has been an employee of Novaya Gazeta.

In 2001-2002 she was a co-host of the program “Other times” on the ORT channel.

In 2003-2004 was an economic columnist for The Weekly Magazine.

In 2004, she became one of the founders of the 2008 Committee.

Since 2005, he has been a columnist in the electronic journal Daily Journal.

Since 2006 is a columnist "Gazeta.ru".

In 2006, the Niyazbek and Land of War novels from the Caucasian cycle were nominated for the Russian Booker and National Best Seller awards, respectively.

In 2006 - 2007 she was an economic columnist for the Kommersant newspaper.

November 17, 2007 in Sicily Latynina awarded the international journalism prize to them. Maria Grazia Coutuli, an Italian journalist murdered in Afghanistan.

December 8, 2008 was awarded the Freedom Defender Prize, established by the US Department of State. The Latynina Prize was personally presented by the US Secretary of State.