Otkrytaya gazeta (opengaz.eru) - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Otkrytaya gazeta (opengaz.eru) , Social and political newspaper

Incident date: December 29, 2020

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Arsen'yevskiye vest

Location: Russia, Stavropol Krai, Stavropol

Additional information:

Leninsky and Promyshlenny District Courts of Stavropol satisfied the lawsuits of Gennady Tishchenko, vice-speaker of the City Duma, for the protection of honour and dignity and on the right of reply. The newspaper was obliged to publish the plaintiff's response to a publication of 2018 in which he was accused of raiding assets. The newspaper, which ceased to operate due to financial problems, must pay Tishchenko a forfeit until his reply is published.

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