Milkavita vs AP reporter Yuras Karmanau hearing to begin today
The Homiel-based dairy company Milkavita and Associated Press reporter Yuras Karmanau will meet in court today. The journalist conducted an investigation and found out that the concentration of radionuclides in Milkavita’s milk exceeded the maximum threshold.
The first hearing will start in Minsk's Maskouski District Court at 3.30 p.m.
Milkavita demands that the journalist refut ‘the false information’ on the website of the Associated Press and on seven Belarusian, Russian and Polish websites that published the agency’s story.
The article was published by the Associated Press on April 25. Milkavita was accused of buying ‘dirty’ milk from the farm Rodny Shlyah situated in Hoiniki District.
The investigation was legal and was based on facts, Yuras Karmanau insists. The article contained laboratory tests results showing the excessive levels of radionuclides in Milakvita’s milk and a comment by the company.
