Colleagues of Manana Aslamazyan, head of the Educated Media Foundation, have forwarded a letter in her protection to the presidential administration."A letter has been officially forwarded to the presidential administration and there will be an official answer after an appropriate amount of time. There are no other means to draw attention of the authorities and to influence them. That is why such form as a letter has appeared," Yuliya Muchnik, member of the Russian Academy of Television, said on the air of the Ekho Moskvy radio.

"It is curious that a letter put on the website is signed by new people every day. They already appear independently of each other. Somehow people find out about this letter and continue to sign it in protection and support for Manana and Internews [an NGO]. [TV presenter] Vladimir Vladimirovich Pozner signed this letter yesterday [8 May]. It is very pleasant that people continue to follow the development of this story, that they are not indifferent to everything what is going on and continue to support Internews," Muchnik said. She added that 2137 people had signed the letter.