RBC - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: RBC, Editorial

Incident date: June 3, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: RBC

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Moscow Arbitration Court began to consider the lawsuit of the Independent Oil and Gas Company, controlled by the ex-head of Rosneft oil company Eduard Khudainatov, against RBC for RUB 500,000,000. The plaintiff demands to refute fragments of the article on the transactions of the Independent Oil and Gas Company with Rosneft, published in December 2020.

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