Putin signs personal privacy lawPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a law on privacy. The new legislation amends the Civil Code, limiting the proliferation of information on an individual's private life and banning the distribution of false information even if it is not defamatory.15:55 03.07.2013
EuroImp loses defamation lawsuit against Metro Cash & CarryThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld the lower court's decision to dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed by EuroImp against the Russian division of Metro Cash & Carry, RAPSI learned in court on Monday.15:50 24.06.2013
State Duma prohibits distributing 'neutral' and 'good' lies about citizensThe State Duma on Friday has adopted in the third reading amendments to the Civil Code restricting the distribution of information about a citizen's private life and prohibiting the distribution of so-called "neutral" and "good" lies that do not discredit a person.18:16 21.06.2013
Former Pussy Riot lawyers will not attend defamation hearing against KommersantThe former defense team for Pussy Riot will not be able to attend Friday's hearing of a defamation claim they filed against lawyer Irina Khrunova and the Kommersant news agency.14:27 21.06.2013
Moscow court partially upholds MTS Mobile defamation countersuitThe Moscow Commercial Court has partially supported MTS's defamation countersuit against businessman Yevgeny Grafeyev, who earlier filed a 10 million euro motion against the mobile operator.15:34 20.06.2013
Makhachkala to sue media for accusing former mayor of criminal connectionsThe government of Makhachkala is planning to sue the media for spreading rumors about former mayor Said Amirov having connections with the criminal world.11:17 20.06.2013
US company's lawsuit against Russia's prime social network dismissedThe St. Petersburg and Leningrad Regional Commercial Court of Appeals dismissed on Wednesday the defamation lawsuit filed by the US Talk Fusion against the Russian VKontakte company and against self-employed businessman Igor Vulfovich.17:06 05.06.2013
US company's defamation suit against Russian social network adjourned till JuneThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region on Tuesday announced a recess until June 5 in the defamation proceedings between US company Talk Fusion and popular Russian social networking company VKontakte, RIA Novosti reports from the courtroom.11:29 29.05.2013
Furniture factory loses defamation claim over comments on websiteThe Krasnoyarsk Regional Commercial Court has rejected the Group 396 furniture factory's lawsuit for 300,000 rubles in compensation from the commentjob.ru websites owner.17:50 28.05.2013
Hearing of Alla Bout's defamation claim against TV channel set for June 10The Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow will hear a $1 million damages claim against Ren TV filed by the wife of Viktor Bout, who is serving a 25 year sentence in the United States, on June 10.14:04 23.05.2013
Prosecutor throws out Plushenko slander complaint - sourceThe Moscow prosecutor’s office has decided not to pursue a criminal investigation against a television commentator Evgeny Plushenko claims slandered him earlier this year.11:17 21.05.2013
Russian court rejects slander suit against Izvestia over Firefox brandThe Moscow Commercial Court has rejected a slander lawsuit filed by the SaleNames domain registrar against Russian news daily Izvestia challenging a story describing a dispute over the Firefox brand, RAPSI reports from the courtroom on Wednesday.17:43 15.05.2013
Viktor Bout’s wife amends defamation suit against TV channelThe wife of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, convicted in the US, has amended her defamation suit against Ren TV. The network aired a documentary entitled “The Mafia of the Soviet Union” in November 2012 which referred to her husband as a “Lord of War” and a Russian mob boss.12:01 22.04.2013
EuroImp seeks refutation of trolling accusations by Metro Cash & CarryEuroImp is appealing a dismissal of its defamation suit against Metro Cash & Carry at the Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals.18:51 18.04.2013
“Lord of war” title for Viktor Bout challenged in Russian courtThe wife of Viktor Bout, the Russian businessman who was sentenced last year in the US to a 25-year prison term on charges of attempted illegal arms trafficking, told RAPSI Tuesday that she has filed a defamation claim against popular Russian television station REN TV.19:04 09.04.2013
Abramovich, RBC may settle false report dispute out of courtRussian tycoon Roman Abramovich could settle a dispute with RBC Media group over its false report on Monday of the Chelsea football club owner’s arrest in the United States out of court09:36 27.03.2013
US Talk Fusion files defamation suit against Russian popular social networkUS Talk Fusion has filed a defamation suit for 9 million rubles ($290,980) in damages against the Russian VKontakte company which owns the country's most popular social network of the same name and also against self-employed businessman Igor Vulfovich in connection with their negative posts on network's website.14:50 25.03.2013
Russian accused of involvement in terrorism on social network files suitElina Karpova, a resident of Russian city Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea, has filed a 90,000 ruble ($2,910) defamation suit with Kalinigrad's Moskovsky District Court against her acquaintances who posted her photographs on the VKontakte social network with comments which accused her of involvement in terrorism.13:52 25.03.2013
Strauss-Kahn's lawsuit to prohibit publication of his lover's book dismissedThe Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Dominique Strauss-Kahn to prohibit the publication of a book by his former lover, Marcela Iacub.13:04 27.02.2013
No offensive statements in interview with Putin's former adviser - courtSergei Aleksashenko, the former First Deputy Central Bank Board Chairman, has lost the one million ruble defamation case his filed against Andrei Illarionov, a former adviser to President Vladimir Putin.13:04 14.02.2013