Could it happen here?

(May. 11, 2009) On April 23, 2009, a federal district court in the southern Russian province of Dagestan issued an unprecedented ruling, ordering a journalist of a local newspaper to pay compensation in an amount equal to US$1,000 to a writer who did not like a review of his book published in the newspaper.

http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_1279_text

As one who writes reviews that are based on the material reviewed and therefore not always positive, it is something to think about.