Moscow Court Partially Rules for Deripaska vs Pevchikh and Google

Deripaska's lawsuit against Google and Maria Pevchiy: who won the court case.

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The Zelenogradsky District Court of Moscow considered a civil lawsuit filed by Oleg Deripaska against journalist Maria Pevchikh and Google LLC.
The court found that statements made by Pevchikh about Deripaska were not true and defamatory.
The court ordered the removal of a video containing the disputed statements from the internet.
The court required Pevchikh to publish a retraction on the main page of the online newspaper 'Kommersant' and on the YouTube channel 'Popular Politics'.
The court awarded Deripaska a penalty of 5,000 rubles per day for non-compliance with the ruling.
The lawsuit was based on a statement by Pevchikh during a YouTube broadcast where she said Deripaska 'contributes to private military companies'.
The case was transferred from the Ust-Labinsky District Court in Krasnodar Krai to the Zelenogradsky District Court in Moscow.

Deripaska requested a penalty of 10,000 rubles per day, but the court reduced it to 5,000 rubles. — fontanka
Deripaska won the case, and the court ordered the removal of the video and a public retraction. — vm
Deripaska has been filing lawsuits since 2018 against representatives of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), and previously demanded removal of a video from the 'Navalny LIVE' channel in June 2026. — mediazona