Readovka - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Readovka, Online news outlet

Incident date: March 26, 2020

Attack type:

Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Vidnoye

Additional information:

In Vidnoye, Moscow Region, a court ordered to block the Readovka website as an interim measure until the trial on the lawsuit filed by Dmitry Sablin, the State Duma deputy. The plaintiff demanded the removal of an article stating that Sablin had illegally obtained a large number of shares in Lenin Sovkhoz from Pavel Grudinin's ex-wife.

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