Ruslan Shaveddinov - Justice for Journalists

Ruslan Shaveddinov

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Navalny LIVE, Host

Incident date: February 8, 2024

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Moscow Arbitration Court ordered Ruslan Shaveddinov and Oleg Yemelyanov to delete a video about Mkrtich Okroyan, chief designer of the Soyuz military plant, and his family's foreign property. The video was published on the YouTube channel Navalny LIVE in February 2023. Alexey Navalny was listed as the third defendant in the lawsuit for protection of business reputation, but the claims against him were dropped. Navalny's associates refused to honour the court's decision.

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