Affiliated media: Lenta.ru, Online newspaper

Incident date: July 3, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RIA Novosti

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

According to the decision of the Simon District Court, the publication must retract an article, “Myths of the Ministry of Culture,” published in November 2019, and pay Vladimir Medinsky, aide to the president, 500,000 rubles (US $6,600) as compensation for psychological damage.