Nikolai Kasyanov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: September 5, 2017

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Kasparov.ru

Location: Russia, Stavropol Krai, Pyatigorsk

Additional information:

Authorities filed lawsuits against Nikolai Kasyanov concerning the protection of honour, dignity and reputation. This came as a response to a post by Kasyanov, where he revealed the transfer of an annual tourist festival, “Mayskiy Rassvet” (Dawn of May), from Archyz to Ossetia due to pollution and showed a video of volunteers cleaning up rubbish.