Affiliated media: The Insider, Online media

Incident date: August 17, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: TASS

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska filed a lawsuit for the protection of honor and dignity against Alexey Navalny, his associates Georgy Alburov and Maria Pevchikh, as well as The Insider, New Lines, and Associated Newspapers Limited. The reason for the lawsuit was a video on Navalny’s YouTube channel, entitled «Yachts, Bribes, and a Mistress. What Minister Lavrov is hiding,» as well as materials about it in The Insider and New Lines. «The plaintiff demands a retraction of the information, which he considers defamatory to his honor and dignity. There are no claims for compensation», — the court’s press service added, noting that the lawsuit has not yet been accepted for production.