Событие Gleb Kovkhaev - Justice for Journalists

Gleb Kovkhaev

Affiliated media: City Week, Manager

Incident date: March 6, 2017

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Pavlodar Province, Pavlodar

Additional information:

On 15th February, the newspaper "City Week" published a letter from reader Maxim Efimov complaining about a low-quality fish pate which he purchased in the shop "Remix". IP Darzimanov filed a lawsuit in the Pavlodar city court to protect his business reputation and demand a retraction. In addition, the plaintiff insisted on compensation for the moral harm caused, which he estimated at 2 million tenge.

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