Dmitry Yakovenko

Affiliated media: Forbes, Journalist

Incident date: October 29, 2021

Attack type:

• repayment of compensation and legal costs following civil lawsuits

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Arbitration case file

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Rosneft filed a lawsuit against the publisher of the magazine Forbes AS RUS MEDIA JSC and journalist Dmitry Yakovenko. In April, Yakovenko published an article about journalist Sergey Sudarikov's ties with Rosneft. On October 29, 2021, the Moscow Arbitration Court fully satisfied Rosneft's claim. The court ordered the media outlet to remove the publications, publish a refutation, and recover in favour of Rosneft RUB 6,000 of state duty expenses from Yakovenko, as well as RUB 30,000 of state duty expenses from AS RUS MEDIA JSC.