Prigozhin intends to recover five million rubles from The Insider
Lawyers for Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin filed a lawsuit against the online resource The Insider in the Basmanny District Court of Moscow. They intend to hold the media accountable for insulting the honor and dignity of their client. The motive was a false article about the entrepreneur published on the pages of the publication.
On According to press service of the Concord company, in his statement Prigozhin asks to recognize the material as unreliable, remove it and publish a refutation within 10 days from the date of the court’s decision. The businessman also intends to recover compensation from the media for causing moral damage in the amount of five million rubles.
In addition, the plaintiff wants Roman Dobrokhotov, who heads the editorial board of The Insider, and journalist Denis Bilunov to publish a refutation of the article on their Twitter accounts. Before this, they were reposted with false information.
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