It was reported that on 9 September 2009, Novy Fokus Mikhail Afanasyev, the editor of a regional news website, was attacked and beaten near his house in Abakan.
據報導，2009年9月9日，地方新聞網站編輯諾維·福克斯·米哈伊爾·阿法納西耶夫（Novy Fokus Mikhail Afanasyev）在位於阿巴坎的家附近遭到攻擊和毆打。