Yury Dud

Affiliated media: YouTube-channel "VDud" , Journalist, Media manager

Incident date: May 13, 2025

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mass Media Defence Centre

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow partially upheld the lawsuit filed by the head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina, against designer Artemy Lebedev and journalist Yury Dud for protection of honour, dignity, and business reputation. The court found that a fragment of Lebedev's interview with Yury Dud was defamatory to Mizulina and ordered its removal. The court also ordered Lebedev to pay 300,000 (3,308 EUR) rubles in compensation for moral damage, and Yury Dud to pay 200,000 rubles (2,205 EUR). Mizulina had demanded 10 million rubles. The interview with Lebedev was published on Dud's YouTube channel on August 1, 2024. In it, Lebedev spoke harshly about Mizulina, but later issued a public apology.