Russia's Supreme Court clarified that companies do not need to confirm the presence of a good business reputation to refute defamatory information, RBC reports. For the defense it is enough to prove the fact of the distribution of the information and its defamatory nature, while the burden of proving truth lies with the distributor. At the same time, the court clarified that in order to receive financial compensation, the business will still have to confirm the existence of an established reputation and prove the damage caused.