A man who attacked the Izvestiya film crew has been sentenced in Moscow

The Nikulinsky court of Moscow passed a sentence on Igor Gribanovsky, who attacked the Izvestia film crew in April. It follows from the court file on December 13.

The trial was held in closed mode.

Gribanovsky was found guilty of committing a crime under Part 3 of Article 144 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Obstruction of the lawful professional activities of journalists") and ordered a fine of 200 thousand rubles.

Taking into account all mitigating circumstances of the case, the court changed the category of the crime of Gribanovsky from grave to medium gravity and dismissed the case due to reconciliation of the parties.

Gribanovsky, in turn, through his defense attorneys thanked Izvestia for the soft stance towards him.

Theattack on the Izvestia film crew took place on April 18 during filming at the home of Veronika Ermilova, whom Western media described as the mistress of German-American billionaire Karl-Erivan Haub. The security of the house let the group through unhindered, but a man came out of Ermilova's apartment and started behaving aggressively, grabbing equipment and breaking it.

After the incident a case was opened under part 3 of article 144 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Obstruction of lawful professional activity of journalists"). On April 20, Gribanovsky was issued a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions.

At the same time "Izvestia" contacted Yermilova, who in a conversation with journalists denied the publication's investigations. According to the woman, she and Haub had a working relationship and worked in an event agency in St. Petersburg.