Thursday, July 30, 2009

Stalin’s Grandson Sues Newspaper for Libel

Evgueny Dzhugashvili, a grandson of Joseph Stalin, sued the Novaya Gazeta newspaper for libel. The newspaper published an article, stating, in particular, that “Stalin [committed] terrible crimes, first and foremost against the people.” Dzhugashvili demands to discalaim the statement and compensate his moral harm in the amount of 10 mln rubles (cr. $300,000).

http://echo.msk.ru/news/609239-echo.html

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