Ilya Azar

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta, Moh.moscow , Journalist, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: August 4, 2020

Attack type:

• community service, ban on certain activities and other punishment following a criminal case

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mass Media Defence Centre

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Moscow City Court upheld last year's decision on the lawsuit filed by the family of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations Vice-Rector Natalia Kuzmina against Azar and his three co-defendants. Each of them is obliged to pay the plaintiffs RUB 400,000 as compensation for moral damage. The court has ruled to remove disputed materials about chaotic construction in the historical center of Moscow and to publish a refutation. Moscow City Court overturned the payment of liquidated damages only.