Roman Shleinov

Affiliated media: IStories, Investigation Editor

Incident date: August 20, 2021

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Mass Media Defence Centre

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Ostankinsky District Court of Moscow fully satisfied the lawsuit filed by dancer Aya Belova against journalist Roman Shleynov, the IStories media, and TV Rain channel. The court obliged IStories to remove the investigation about Rosneft's purchase of shares in the Italian company Pirelli and publish a refutation. In addition, the plaintiff asked to pay her RUB 1,000,000 as compensation for the costs of the services of her representative, but the court obliged the defendants to pay only RUB 30,000.