Ilya Azar

Affiliated media: moh.moscow, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: August 4, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial
• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Mass Media Defence Centre

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Moscow City Court upheld last year's decision on the claim of the family of MGIMO Vice-Rector Natalia Kuzmina against Azarand his three co-defendants from Moscow. Each of them must pay the plaintiffs 400 thousand roubles (5,268.00 USD) as compensation for moral damage. The court ordered to remove the controversial materials about the sealing development of the Moscow district of Khamovniki and publish a refutation.