Maxim Shevchenko - Justice for Journalists

Maxim Shevchenko

Affiliated media: Publicist

Incident date: October 14, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: sobesednik.ru

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s company Concorde filed a lawsuit against Shevchenko to defend its honour, dignity and business reputation. Similar lawsuits were filed against politicians Alexei Navalny, Lubov Sobol, Leonid Volkov and Vladimir Milov. The total amount is five million rubles (64,307.00 USD). Which remarks of Shevchenko the plaintiff found to be defamatory is not specified.

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