Ex-Russian police officer's $5.5 mln suit against Hermitage Capital to be reconsideredMoscow’s Meschansky District Court will reconsider a defamation lawsuit filed by former Russian Interior Ministry officer Pavel Karpov against Hermitage Capital Management and its founder William Browder, Karpov told RAPSI on Thursday.14:00 27.11.2014
Ruling in Rosneft CEO Sechin’s defamation suit against Vedomosti upheldThe Moscow City Court on Friday upheld a lower court ruling granting a defamation suit filed by Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin against Russia's leading business newspaper Vedomosti.12:52 14.11.2014
Spanish Ebola survivor demands EUR 150,000 for alleged defamationSpanish nursing assistant Teresa Romero, an Ebola survivor, has filed a lawsuit for €150,000 ($187,000) in compensation from Madrid’s health minister for making comments that damaged her reputation, RIA Novosti reported on Monday, citing Spanish media15:33 10.11.2014
Blacklisted observers at Donetsk and Lugansk elections to sue UkraineObservers from Poland at the elections in the Donetsk and Lugansk republics which broke away from Ukraine are going to sue Ukrainian authorities for banning them from entering the country, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday, citing Alexander Brod, director of the Moscow Human Rights Bureau.15:58 06.11.2014
About $240,000 sought from Khodorkovsky in defamation suitThe Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) has filed a defamation suit seeking 10 million rubles (about $240,000) in damages from former Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky.17:28 27.10.2014
Russia's top anti-corruption official files defamation suitDenis Sugrobov, former head of the Interior Ministry’s Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department who was charged with abuse of power, has filed a defamation suit against RBC Daily.11:29 23.09.2014
Navalny’s appeal against ruling in defamation case dismissedThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld the ruling of Moscow’s Lyublinsky District Court ordering opposition and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny to refute the information about State Duma lawmaker Igor Rudensky which had been posted on his blog, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.17:02 10.09.2014
Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin wins defamation suit against VedomostiMoscow’s Ostankinsky District Court has granted on Tuesday a defamation lawsuit filed by Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin against Russia's leading business newspaper Vedomosti.18:44 26.08.2014
Polonsky’s $5.5 mln defamation suit against mass media dismissedA Moscow court has dismissed a defamation suit filed by fugitive real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky against the state-owned radio station Vesti FM and prominent Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov.12:42 22.08.2014
Navalny ordered to pay $17,000 to Moscow's Deputy Mayor for defamationA court in Moscow has ordered opposition activist Alexei Navalny to pay about $17,000 in compensation to the city's Deputy Mayor Maxim Liksutov who claimed to be defamed.11:36 20.08.2014
Ex-Russian police officer's $6 mln suit against Hermitage Capital dismissedMoscow’s Meschansky District Court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by former Russian Interior Ministry officer Pavel Karpov against Hermitage Capital Management and its founder William Browder.10:32 20.08.2014
Opposition activist Navalny appeals ruling in defamation caseOpposition and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny has appealed the ruling of a Moscow court ordering him to refute the information about lawmaker Igor Rudensky posted on his blog.16:46 14.08.2014
Rosneft president Igor Sechin wins defamation row with ForbesThe Savyolovsky District Court of Moscow has ruled in favor of Rosneft President Igor Sechin’s defamation of character lawsuit against Forbes’ Russian editorial office and has ruled that the magazine must retract the statement that Sechin is the highest-paid top manager in Russia, a RAPSI correspondent reports from the courtroom.17:02 01.08.2014
Opposition activist Navalny files complaint with European human rights courtOpposition leader Alexei Navalny has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights against the Moscow City Court decision ordering him to pay 500,000 rubles ($14,250) to Civil Society Development Foundation leader Konstantin Kostin for defamation, Vedomosti newspaper wrote on Friday.10:42 25.07.2014
$3 million defamation suit filed against eccentric Russian lawmakerTverskoy District Court in Moscow has accepted a 100 million ruble ($2.9 million) lawsuit against Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky for harming the reputation of the Azerbaijani people, the court’s press secretary, Yekaterina Krotova, told RAPSI.13:45 16.07.2014
Moscow City Court dismisses libel claim filed by Magnitsky’s motherThe Moscow City Court has dismissed a libel claim which was filed by the mother of the deceased Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky against a police officer Oleg Urzhumtsev.17:19 30.06.2014
Deputy Moscow Mayor files $30K defamation lawsuit against NavalnyDeputy Moscow Mayor Maxim Liksutov, the head of the city's transportation department, who filed a libel suit against opposition activist Alexei Navalny claims one million rubles (up to $30,000) in damages.15:50 27.06.2014
Opposition leader Navalny’s sentence in libel case takes effectMoscow’s Babushkinsky District Court has rejected an appeal filed by opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny challenging the ruling in a libel case against Moscow municipal lawmaker Alexei Lisovenko, RAPSI reported from the courtroom.11:09 24.06.2014
Defamation case against opposition activist Navalny moved to June 30The Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow on Wednesday postponed until June 30 the hearing of a defamation lawsuit filed by Igor Rudensky, head of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, against opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.13:51 18.06.2014
Navalny’s appeal against ruling in libel case moved to June 23Moscow’s Babushkinsky District Court on Wednesday postponed until June 23 the hearing of an appeal filed by opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny challenging the ruling in a libel case against Moscow municipal lawmaker Aleksei Lisovenko, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.13:06 04.06.2014