Affiliated media: Daily Storm, Online publication

Incident date: May 17, 2018

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

A search of the editorial office of “Daily Storm” was conducted as part of a libel case under Part 5 of Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code after the publishing of an article entitled "Black Gravediggers". The investigator ruled that the article included statements about the GBU Ritual funeral service that accused the institution of serious crimes in a defamatory manner.