Russian Court Hears Libel Suit Brought by Stalin's Grandson
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › October 09, 2009
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MOSCOW -- A Moscow court began hearings Thursday in a libel suit brought by Stalin's grandson against a Russian newspaper that he claims called into question the Soviet dictator's honor and dignity.
The grandson, Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, is demanding 10 million rubles ($340,000) in compensation from the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta. He contests its claims in an April 22 article that Josef Stalin personally signed execution orders for thousands of Soviet and foreign citizens.See the full content of this document
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Russian Court Hears Libel Suit Brought by Stalin's Grandson
The article, titled "Beria Found Guilty," cited what it said were recently declassified Soviet archive documents that Stalin signed and handed to feared secret police chief Lavrenti Beria.
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