Ivan Kolpakov - Justice for Journalists

Ivan Kolpakov

Affiliated media: Meduza , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: November 19, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Meduza

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin filed a lawsuit on the protection of honour, dignity and business reputation. Defendants in the case are journalist Maxim Shevchenko, the editor-in-chief of the 'Dovod' publication Ilya Kosygin and editor-in-chief of 'Meduza' Ivan Kolpakov. On February 16, 2021, the Savelovsky District Court of Moscow rejected the claim.

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