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Photo by URA.RU photojournalist Eduard Kornienko and cover of La StampaMOSCOW, March 31The editors of URA.RU tried to contact the Italian newspaper La Stampa, but did not receive a response, decided to defend their rights in an Italian court, editor-in-chief of the Russian edition Ivan Nekrasov told RIA Novosti. Earlier it was reported that the editors of URA.RU are suing La Stampa, who used his photo to illustrate the fake. The newspaper placed a picture of the publication on the front page of the material about the «massacre in Kyiv», which was allegedly staged by the Russian army. The photo also depicted the consequences of the explosion of the Ukrainian missile «Tochka-U» in the center of Donetsk. «We tried to contact — we were not answered,» Nekrasov said. According to him, to make a fundamental decision to apply to the Italian court. The problem lies in the unprecedented nature of the process, the publication did not find a practice for the Russian media to sue a foreign one. URA.RU lawyers are working on options, most likely a foreign lawyer will be hired.NYP passed off the shelling of Donetsk by the Ukrainian army as the actions of the Russian military»What we will demand is also an issue that our lawyers are now considering. Two things are fundamentally important for us: that our materials are not used in the information war, that is, to punish the media for publishing a fake, and defend the copyright of our photographer,» Nekrasov added. Last week, Russian Ambassador to Italy Sergei Razov filed a lawsuit against journalist Domenico Chirico, the author of an article posted on the La Stampa website, in the headline of which, according to the ambassador, «raises the question of the possibility of assassinating the president Russia», as well as against the editor-in-chief of this publication, Massimo Giannini. In the case of proof of guilt, Italian law provides for a punishment of up to five years in prison for this crime. Razov expressed hope for «the justice of the Italian judicial system.» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.