The Moscow Post - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: The Moscow Post , Online media

Incident date: November 1, 2022

Attack type:

Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: TASS

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg

Additional information:

The Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg has registered senator Vladimir Kozhin’s lawsuit against Nebokhod-Media LLC. The lawsuit concerns the publications that appeared on the Telegram channel of the online media The Moscow Post in September — in the senator’s opinion, the publications contained false information that discredited his honor, dignity, and business reputation. The senator asked the court to order the media to publish a refutation.

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