Affiliated media: Readovka, Online news outlet

Incident date: April 16, 2020

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run
• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Readovka

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Bailiffs recovered RUB 50,000 from the Readovka media for refusing to block its website completely. The blocking is an interim measure in a lawsuit filed by the United Russia deputy Dmitry Sablin and the politician Pavel Grudinin’s ex-wife. They filed a lawsuit over the article about the transfer of almost half of the shares of Lenin Sovkhoz through Grudinin to Sablin.