Rosbalt - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Rosbalt , News website

Incident date: July 31, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

Retired Ministry of Internal Affairs Major General Konstantin Pirtskhalava and his son, former Investigative Committee officer Alexey Pirtskhalava, filed a RUB 50,000,000 lawsuit for protection of honour and dignity. They demand to refute the article «The General "ordered” another general and ex-senator?» published in May.

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