Sergei Ezhov

Affiliated media: The Insider, Investigative reporter

Incident date: February 19, 2025

Attack type:

• prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: The Insider

Location: Russia, Krasnodar Krai, Krasnodar

Additional information:

Businessman Oleg Deripaska filed a lawsuit in the Arbitration Court of the Krasnodar Region against The Insider, its editor-in-chief Roman Dobrokhotov, and journalist Sergei Ezhov. The reason was an investigation into a Falcon jet owned by Deripaska, which was purchased through a Kazakh company in circumvention of sanctions. The plaintiff demands that, within three days after the court's decision comes into force, a retraction be published on the Kommersant website and The Insider's YouTube channel, and that the article be removed from the publication's website within ten days. If these demands are not met, Deripaska insists on imposing a penalty on the defendants — 10,000 rubles for each day of delay.