Vitaly Borodin, who wrote a denunciation of Proekt, filed a lawsuit against the publication's editor-in-chief Roman Badanin and the Dozhd TV channel

Vitaly Borodin, a pro-government activist whose complaint led to the publication Proekt being declared an “undesirable” organization, filed a lawsuit to protect his honor and dignity against Proekt editor-in-chief Roman Badanin and the Dozhd TV channel.

As TASS reports, citing the claim, Borodin is demanding a million rubles in compensation for Badanin calling him "a worthless person, a nobody, a piece of scum." Badanin said this on Dozhd on August 7, saying that Borodin was filming his children.

In a conversation with TASS, Borodin noted that the Dozhd channel should have “cut off” Badanin’s remarks.

Borodin's claim was filed with the Ostankino Court of Moscow. It was registered on August 12. The date for the hearing of the claim has not yet been set.

• On July 15, the Prosecutor General's Office declared Project Media, Inc., the American publisher of Proekt, an "undesirable organization." A number of the publication's journalists, including Roman Badanin, were added to the list of "foreign agent media." Badanin subsequently left Russia.
• The head of the public organization “Federal Project on Security and Combating Corruption” Vitaly Borodin asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to declare “Proekt” an “undesirable organization.” Citing RT data, he wrote that “Proekt” is financed by the US Congress.