Defamation

Tag: Defamation

Court to hear Deripaska’s $33 mln defamation suit against Tinkov on August 31

A court in Russia's southern Krasnodar region is expected to hold a hearing of a defamation lawsuit filed by Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska’s against businessman Oleg Tinkov and Meta Platforms Inc. on August 31.

14:16 16.08.2022

Deripaska sues Tinkov for about $33 mln over offensive comment

Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska is seeking 2 billion rubles (about $33 million) in damages from businessman Oleg Tinkov for alleged defamation.

14:22 15.08.2022

Dismissal of Navalny’s defamation lawsuit against President’s spokesman becomes final

The Moscow City Court has upheld the dismissal of defamation claims lodged by Alexey Navalny against the Russian President’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov and ITAR-TASS.

15:40 20.10.2021

The Insider editor-in-chief ordered to pay over $2K to Dutch journalist for libel

Moscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Wednesday ordered the editor-in-chief of The Insider (recognized in Russia as a media performing functions of a foreign agent) Roman Dobrokhotov to pay Dutch journalist Max van der Werff 156,000 rubles (over $2,000) upon the latter’s defamation lawsuit.

14:33 06.10.2021

Recovery of over $800 from Navalny’s ally in favor of businessman Prigozhin upheld

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld a ruling ordering Vladimir Milov, one of the allies of Alexey Navalny, to pay businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin 60,000 rubles (over $800) as part of a defamation dispute.

15:56 21.09.2021

Lawmaker loses defamation dispute with Russian TV star

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld dismissal of the Moscow City Duma Communist lawmaker Pavel Tarasov’s defamation lawsuit against famous Russian TV and radio host Vladimir Solovyev.

13:13 21.09.2021

Lawmaker challenges ruling in defamation dispute with Russian TV star

The Moscow City Duma Communist lawmaker Pavel Tarasov has challenged dismissal of his defamation lawsuit against famous Russian TV and radio host Vladimir Solovyev.

17:59 16.08.2021

Ruling against Navalny’s ally in defamation dispute with businessman upheld

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling ordering Lyubov Sobol, an associate of Alexey Navalny, to pay businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin 500,000 rubles (about $7,000) for defamation.

17:11 16.08.2021

Navalny’s defamation lawsuit against President’s spokesman dismissed

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow has dismissed Alexey Navalny's defamation claim against the Russian President’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov and ITAR-TASS.

14:49 10.08.2021

Deripaska’s defamation claim against Navalny may be resumed

The Moscow Commercial Court will hear a bid to resume defamation lawsuit filed by businessman Oleg Deripaska against Alexey Navalny on September 16.

13:05 04.08.2021

Case over libel against Dutch journalist opened by Russian investigators

The Russian investigative authorities have opened a criminal case over the fact of defamation against Dutch journalist Max van der Werff on the part of The Insider (recognized in Russia as a media performing functions of a foreign agent).

13:03 28.07.2021

Navalny’s defamation lawsuit against President’s spokesman adjourned for month

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow on Tuesday decided to postpone Alexey Navalny’s defamation claim against the President’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov for a month.

17:52 15.06.2021

Navalny’s defamation claim against President’s spokesman set for mid-June

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court will proceed with Alexey Navalny’s defamation claim against the President’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov on June 15.

18:48 27.05.2021

Navalny’s sentence for defaming Great Patriotic War veteran upheld

Moscow’s Babushkinsky District Court on Thursday upheld an 850,000-ruble fine ($11,500) imposed on Alexey Navalny as a punishment for defaming veteran of the Great Patriotic War Ignat Artemenko.

13:38 29.04.2021

Moscow court recovers $4,500 from Navalny’s ally Milov in favor of businessman Prigozhin

Moscow’s Lyublinsky District Court has collected 350,000 rubles ($4,500) from Vladimir Milov, one of the allies of Alexey Navalny, in favor of businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin in a defamation dispute.

10:35 13.04.2021

Challenging of Navalny’s sentence in veteran defaming case set for April 29

Moscow’s Babushkinsky District court will hear appeals against sentence given to Alexey Navalny in a case over insulting veteran of the Great Patriotic War Ignat Artemenko on April 29.

17:38 08.04.2021

Navalny’s ally Sobol ordered to pay $7,000 to businessman Prigozhin for defamation

Moscow’s Simonovsky District Court on Tuesday obliged Lyubov Sobol, an associate of Alexey Navalny, to pay businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin 500,000 rubles (about $7,000) upon his defamation lawsuit against the woman.

15:18 06.04.2021

Navalny files new defamation suit against President’s spokesman

Alexey Navalny has filed a new defamation claim against the President’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

17:55 30.03.2021

Navalny challenges $45K ruling in favor of Crimea’s meat plant in Russian Supreme Court

Alexey Navalny has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Russia seeking review of court rulings on the recovery of 3.3 million rubles (about $45,000 at the current exchange rate) of legal expenses from him in favor of Crimean meat processing plant Druzhba Narodov.

10:10 29.03.2021

Russian MPs move toward pretrial blocking of online libel

The State Duma lawmakers passed a bill on prejudicial blocking of information recources distributing false malicious statements defaming people’s honour and dignity in the first reading on Wednesday.

14:41 24.03.2021