Irina Grebneva - Justice for Journalists

Irina Grebneva

Affiliated media: Arsen'yevskiye vesti (arsvest.ru), Editor-in-chief

Incident date: August 4, 2020

Attack type:

  • community service, ban on certain activities and other punishment following a criminal case
  • Court trial
  • Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Mass Media Defence Centre

Location: Russia, Primorsky Krai, Vladivostok

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.

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