Editor of Sevastopol website, assaulted in spring, died

On August 31, died the editor of Sevastopol website “Informer” Iryna Ostashchenko, who was assaulted in April and hospitalized with a serious head injury. The specific cause of death was not disclosed officially, but according to information obtained by IMI, it was cancer. Iryna was known by her journalist investigations, and the occupant authorities and mass media tried to conceal the case of assault against her this year.