Moscow Court Sides with Deripaska in Lawsuit Over Minors…
Journalists will appeal the Moscow Court's decision to dismiss businessman Oleg Deripaska's lawsuit against journalists of 'Important Stories' and 'Typesetting', a suit filed by the billionaire following a joint investigation by the two publications.
Consensus
- The Moscow court satisfied Oleg Deripaska's lawsuit against journalists from 'Important Stories' and 'Vertska'.
- The trial was held in closed session at the request of Deripaska's lawyer.
- The journalists intend to appeal the court's decision.
- The lawsuit was filed after a joint investigation by the two media outlets revealed that Deripaska was mentioned in a criminal case involving minors in prostitution.
- The case was initially handled by the Ust-Labinsky District Court in Krasnodar Krai before being transferred to Moscow at Google's request.
- The Ust-Labinsky Court previously ordered blocking of the publications, but this decision was overturned by the Krasnodar Regional Court in November 2025.
Points of divergence
- Deripaska demanded that the journalists remove the article, publish a retraction, and pay 10,000 rubles per day for each day of non-compliance, including from Google as YouTube's owner. — mediazona
- One of the girls claimed she received nearly 1.5 million rubles from Deripaska for several meetings. — tg_istories_media
- The Ust-Labinsky Court is referred to as a 'pocket court' of Deripaska, having repeatedly ruled in his favor in previous cases against journalists and media. — tg_istories_media
- The court session was closed due to concerns about revealing data related to the sexual inviolability of minors. — mediazona
- The websites of both publications were hit by a major DDoS attack, and their Telegram channels experienced a surge of bot subscribers immediately after publication. — tg_istories_media
Coverage (2 sources)
- Court in Moscow granted Deripaska's claim against 'Important Stories' and 'Typesetting', which reported that he is mentioned in the case involving minors in sex services — Медиазона
- Court granted Deripaska's claim against journalists of 'Important Stories' and 'Typesetting' over investigation into sex trafficking network with... — Важные истории