Three Russian propagandists — military expert Konstantin Sivkov, TASS news wire employee Mikhail Tereshchenko, and political analyst Timofei Sergeitsev — recently found severed pig heads outside their homes. (Death threats for these guys are no surprise.)

MOSCOW, September 27 - RIA Novosti. Konstantin Sivkov, a prominent Russian military expert, told RIA Novosti that unknown people planted a pig’s head under his door and threatened to kill him for supporting the Defense Ministry.

This is the second such case to come to light on Wednesday: the day before, the press service of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency said, a pig’s head was planted under the door of RIA Novosti columnist Timofei Sergeitsev.

“I was on vacation. A pig’s head was planted right under the apartment door. Then they called me and told me that it was due to the fact that I was misbehaving in the information space. They started demanding from me that I refuse to support the actions of the Russian president, refuse to support the special military operation and our Armed Forces,” Sivkov said.

"There were threats up to and including assassination. The following was said verbatim: “We have long arms, and we can kill you at any moment, and nothing will happen to us for this,” Sivkov added. The doctor of military sciences specified that this incident happened to him on September 19. According to him, he immediately contacted the law enforcement agencies, but did not make public statements. Now he has confirmed the fact of what happened after a request from RIA Novosti and the appearance of information in the Telegram channels. Sivkov refused to comment on the investigation, referring to the secrecy of the investigation.

This is not the first case of psychological pressure on Sivkov. Earlier in April 2023, the expert received from an unknown sender a bust of Marshal Zhukov, gilded in the same way as the statuette with the explosives that were used to kill military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky.