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Siberian Times Accuses CEN Of Supplying Cannibal Story Images And Quotes To Mail Titles

This 6 June 2014 email records a Siberian Times contact writing to CEN about the “cannibal story” and alleging that CEN had supplied seven images belonging to The Siberian Times, together with quotes from the cannibal victim’s widow, to the Daily Mail and MailOnline. The sender asks CEN to provide any agreement giving CEN the right to sell Siberian Times stories and pictures, and also asks for the contact details of CEN’s lawyers. The document is significant because it shows a rights and source dispute escalating beyond a simple invoice query into a more direct allegation about the use of Siberian Times images and interview material. In the wider evidence chain, it should be read alongside the related Siberian cannibals and pagan-god copyright correspondence, because together they show the contested and messy rights environment around Russian/Siberian material, where local publications, agencies and international outlets could dispute who had permission to sell or syndicate particular pictures and quotes. The evidential value is that the issue being raised was copyright, exclusivity and permission, not proof that the underlying story itself was invented; it helps distinguish ordinary syndication disputes from the later BuzzFeed framing of CEN’s Russian and Siberian material as evidence of fake news or bad faith.

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Part of Central European News & Mike Leidig v BuzzFeed (US Second Circuit Libel Case) – CEN Case Documents

europe Media newsX Community Interest Company Published 3 May 2026 at 13:43 Source: 16 July 2016

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