Dmitry Yakovenko - Justice for Journalists

Dmitry Yakovenko

Affiliated media: Forbes, Journalist

Incident date: October 29, 2021

Attack type:

  • request to remove or block the article and/or refutation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Arbitration case file

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Rosneft filed a lawsuit against Forbes magazine publisher and journalist Dmitry Yakovenko. In April, Yakovenko published an article about journalist Sergey Sudarikov's ties with Rosneft. On October 29, 2021, the Moscow Arbitration Court fully satisfied Rosneft's claim against the publisher of magazine Forbes, RUS MEDIA JSC, and journalist Dmitry Yakovenko. The court ordered the media outlet to remove the publications, publish a refutation, and recover from Yakovenko in favour of Rosneft RUB 6,000 of state duty expenses, as well as RUB 30,000 of state duty expenses from RUS MEDIA JSC in favour of Rosneft.

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