Affiliated media: Analitik.am, Online news portal

Incident date: April 28, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Judicial information system (datalex.am)

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On April 28, Marianna Grigoryan, journalist, and founder of the online publication Medialab.am filed a lawsuit against Analitik, LLC demanding restitution of damage caused to her honor, dignity and business reputation. The reason for the lawsuit was an article published on the site Analitik.am on December 6, 2019, that the Soros Foundation, through Marianna Grigoryan, has influence on the policy conducted by the Ministry of the Environment, which until recently was headed by Erik Grigoryan, the brother of Marianna Grigoryan.