Joseph Stalin murdered tens of millions of people during his terror reign from 1924 to 1953.

The grandson of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin is suing the radio station Ekho Moskvy in a second attempt to stem media criticism of the murderous leader whom many Russians still revere, Reuters reports.

Yevgeny Dzhugashvili is seeking 10 million roubles’ (£207,411) compensation and an apology from Ekho Moskvy over comments made by presenter Matvey Ganapolsky on a program in October, who said: “Stalin signed an order that children can be shot from the age of 12 as enemies of the nation. Which of the bastards dares say a single word in his defense?”

Earlier this year a Russian court threw out a similar case by Dzhugashvili against Novaya Gazeta newspaper which said Stalin had personally ordered the killings of thousands of Soviet citizens.

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