Russian court upholds ruling in Oleg Deripaska’s defamation caseFederal Commercial Court of East Siberia rejected an appeal filed by the Independent Information Agency against the court ruling that obligated the media to officially refute the information that Oleg Deripaska’s RUSAL is evading taxes, the court told RAPSI on Wednesday.12:47 04.06.2014
Fugitive mogul Polonsky sues Russian journalist and radio station for $ 5.5 mlnFugitive real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky, who currently resides in Cambodia, has filed a RUB 200 million ($5.5 million) defamation suit in the Savyolovsky District Court against journalist Vladimir Solovyov and radio station Vesti FM, attorney Alexander Karabanov told RAPSI on Tuesday.10:49 03.06.2014
Dismissal of Pussy Riot member's $87k defamation claim against attorney upheldThe Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich demanding 3 million rubles ($86,983) in compensation from her former defense lawyer Nikolai Polozov, attorney himself told RAPSI.14:14 29.05.2014
Rosneft President sues media for Russian top management ranking – reportRosneft President Igor Sechin filed a lawsuit earlier this month against the Russian version of Forbes and Komsomolskaya Pradva that demands a retraction of the statement that he is the highest-paid manager in Russia, Izvestia reports Tuesday.11:41 27.05.2014
Navalny ordered to pay $14,400 in defamation caseThe Moscow City Court has ordered Russian anti-corruption campaigner and opposition stalwart Alexei Navalny who remains under house arrest to pay 500,000 (approximately $14,400) for defamatory statements through his blog.18:37 14.05.2014
Ex-head of Kazakh BTA Bank accuses French prosecutor of slanderThe former head of the Kazakh BTA Bank, Mukhtar Ablyazov, whose extradition case is being heard in France, has accused public prosecutor Solange Legras of slander. She said Ablyazov tried to influence the French court.10:27 30.04.2014
Egyptian court bans youth movement that overthrew MubarakThe Egyptian Court for Urgent Matters ruled on Monday to ban the April 6 Youth Movement, which helped spearhead the January 2011 uprising against President Hosni Mubarak, the English-language news web site Ahram Online writes.16:04 28.04.2014
Magazine ordered to compensate Moscow judges for $7k in defamation suitThe Moscow City Court has ordered The New Times magazine to pay 240,000 rubles ($6,729) in compensation to two Moscow judges for a publication about plagiarism, attorney Vadim Prokhorov told RAPSI on Tuesday.18:09 22.04.2014
Opposition activist Navalny loses libel case against municipal lawmakerAfter losing a libel case against Moscow municipal lawmaker Aleksei Lisovenko, opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny has been fined up to $8,000 by a Moscow magistrate court.15:59 22.04.2014
Defamation claim against Pussy Riot’s Tolokonnikova dismissedA court in Norilsk has rejected a defamation lawsuit filed by Yury Kupriyanov, Chief of the Mordovian penal colony No. 14, against Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Tolokonnikova’s attorney Damir Gainutdinov told RIA Novosti.10:47 18.04.2014
Magnitsky list’s investigator to file defamation suit in Russian courtFormer Interior Ministry investigator Pavel Karpov is ready to file a defamation suit against William Browder and Jamieson Firestone and their companies Hermitage Capital Management Limited and Management UK Limited.10:27 17.04.2014
Fugitive tycoon Polonsky files $2.8 million slander suit against Russian TV hostBusinessman Sergei Polonsky has filed a RUB 100 million ($2.8 million) defamation suit in the Tagansky District Court against TV host Arkady Mamontov.16:11 26.03.2014
Russian bank’s libel suit over damaging internet comment postponedA Moscow bank’s complaint over a negative comment posted online has been adjourned until June 4, RAPSI learned from the Moscow Commercial Court Thursday.17:12 20.03.2014
Russian LGBT activist's defamation claim against showman rejectedMoscow's Tushinsky District Court on Monday rejected a defamation lawsuit filed by LGBT activist Nikolay Bayev against popular actor and showman Ivan Okhlobystin, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.12:35 17.03.2014
NY Post loses bid to toss out Boston Marathon bombing defamation suitA Massachusetts state court has rejected efforts by the New York Post to toss out a defamation lawsuit filed by two men whose photograph graced the tabloid’s cover during a manhunt following the Boston Marathon bombing last year, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.14:42 11.03.2014
Court rules against Kadyrov's lawyer in defamation suit against KommersantThe Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has ruled against attorney Andrei Krasnenkov in his lawsuit against Kommersant Publishing House, according to Andrei Kozenko, a journalist and one of the defendants. Krasnenkov was Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov’s legal council until recently.16:56 04.03.2014
Russian LGBT activist sues showman for "homophobic" rantThe Tushinsky District Court of Moscow on March 17 will hold the first hearing into a defamation lawsuit filed by LGBT activist Nikolay Bayev against popular actor and showman Ivan Okhlobystin, the court told RAPSI on Monday.15:46 17.02.2014
Opposition newspaper to pay out $12k in compensation to Moscow judgesThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld the ruling of the Basmanny District Court which ordered opposition-minded newspaper Novaya Gazeta and journalist Nikita Girin to pay out 410,000 rubles ($11,848) in compensatory damages for moral harm to two active Moscow City Court judges and one of their retired colleagues.16:30 10.02.2014
Russian governor appeals ruling in 3-cent spat with tycoon Oleg DeripaskaThe Third Commercial Court of Appeals set the March 7 as hearing date for an appeal filed by Kaluga Region Governor Anatoly Artamonov against the descision obliging him to pay 3 cents in compensation to Rusal CEO Oleg Deripaska.15:52 31.01.2014
Pussy Riot member's $85k defamation claim against attorney rejectedThe Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow on Friday rejected the defamation lawsuit filed by Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich against her former attorney Nikolai Polozov.11:28 31.01.2014