RUSSIA: PLAYBOY'S RUSSIAN PUBLISHER ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL TACTICS.(Brief Article)

IPR Strategic Business Information Database, September, 2001

Norasco Publishing, which issues "The Russian Journal," announced on 10 September that it has filed a complaint with Russian anti-monopoly authorities against the Dutch-run Independent Media company that publishes Russian versions of "Playboy," "Cosmopolitan," and a variety of other Russian- and English-language print publications, AP reported.

Norasco said Independent Media has used illegal tactics to monopolize the market, and that Norasco may file suit in American or European anti-trust groups. Yelena Miashnikova, the director of Independent Media, said there is "no substance" to the complaint. ("RFE/RL Newsline," 11 September) Copyright (c) 1999. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty