Ilya Varlamov

Affiliated media: Varlamov.ru, Blogger, Media manager

Incident date: December 1, 2021

Attack type:

• prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: 7х7

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Moscow Court of Appeal has upheld a lawsuit filed by the Lenina 18B HOA in Petrozavodsk against Ilya Varlamov. The blogger was ordered to delete last year’s publication, in which he called opponents of the new rules for signage in Petrozavodsk «shitheads». Varlamov must also publish on his website the operative part of the judgement. In addition, RUB 15,000 was recovered from the defendant in favour of the lawyer and RUB 10,000 in favour of the HOA. The plaintiffs requested compensation in the amount of RUB 2 million.