They wanted to destroy the December release of the Russian version of Forbes due to an article about Baturina

The release of the December number of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine was suspended by decision of the Axel Springer Russia Publishing House, and all already printed specimens were “launched under the knife” due to the material dedicated to the head of the company “Inteco”, the wife of Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, Elena Baturina. The German publisher, under the pressure of the Americans, agreed to re -correctly print the number, adjusting it.

It was expected that in the December issue with Elena Baturina on the cover, the central material was to be an article about the wife of the capital's mayor, which tells how she was able to rebuild her business in such a way that her construction company no longer needed Luzhkov’s administrative resource. The article also included comparative graphs of growth of income from construction and lease confirming this statement, Kommersant reports.

- What is the article about
- The German publisher agreed to print the number again
"Inteco" believes that the scandal is caused exclusively by the bending

The only memory of the December issue of Forbes was the strip advertising of the magazine on the last turn of Newsweek magazine on November 27. “Elena Baturina. The only woman -millionaire in Russia:“ I am guaranteed protection ” - with this announcement, the December Forbes was supposed to tell about the new details of the business of the wife of Yuri Luzhkov, they write Vedomosti .

However, Russian publishers decided to remove the material from their fresh number under the pressure of Inteko representatives. The published statement of the leadership of the publishing house indicates that the reason for the destruction of the December issue was a quote on the cover "I guarantee protection is guaranteed". In an interview with Forbes correspondent, Mr. Baturina said, literally, the following: “I, like any investor, are guaranteed to protect my rights”, thus, part of the phrase made on the cover, misleads the readers of the publication, as it was torn from the context.

However, the editor -in -chief of the magazine Maxim Kashulinsky said that the editorial office agreed with Inteko's arguments and the quote on the cover was changed to another, “I was guaranteed protection as an investor” and it was she who was on the cover of the destroyed number. "After it became known that the leadership of the publishing house made the final decision to make an article, I submitted a reserve," Kashulinsky said. However, the resignation of Kashulinsky has not yet been accepted, he continues to lead the publication. About this RIA "Novosti" was stated by his deputy Kirill Gorsky.

One of the employees of the publishing house told Vedomosti that on the eve of the release of the magazine with a copy of the statement of claim, Ilya Parnishkov, vice president of Inteko, came to the Forbes editorial office. Representatives of Intaco called the article of the tendentious and threatened the publisher with claims for the protection of business reputation. The fired Kashulinsky is known about the prepared claim. There were no claims in it, says Kashulinsky, but it was proposed to arrest the entire circulation of the magazine as interim measures and prohibit the publication of the article on the Internet.

In turn, the leadership of the American Forbes demanded that the Axel Springer Russia release the next number in the form in which it was printed. For this statement by the American colleagues, the general director of the Axel Springer Russian Publishing House Regina von Fleming said that the editor -in -chief of the magazine, which is an employee of the Axel Springer Russia Publishing House.

What is the article about

Journalists described in detail the history of "Inteko" - from the moment Baturina began business with the release of plastic basins, to current real estate projects, the creation of the continental unit fund with assets of 87 billion rubles. etc. In addition to everything else, the reporters wondered whether those who connect the successes of Baturina and Inteko with the personality of her husband, the capital mayor Yuri Luzhkov were right, and tried to assume that it would be with the business of Inteko when Luzhkov leaves his post. In addition, they analyzed why builders willingly take the company to partners and, in fact, what for projects it is being implemented by Baturin now. The conclusion of the article: and after five years, 90% of the Intaco business will be concentrated in Moscow, and more than 50% of the income will be leased to it.

The German publisher Forbes Russia agreed to print the number again

The German publishing house Axel Springer, releasing the Russian version of Forbes magazine, agreed to re -release the last issue of the publication, which contained the material about the head of the company "Inteco" Elena Baturina.

"The persuasion and pressure, provided by the Americans on the Springer, took the effect, and the German publisher went back, agreeing to release the December number again," says The Wall Street Journal . (Full text on the website inopressa.ru .)

The representative of the publishing house told WSJ that in the restored issue of the December Forbes Russia, the statement of Baturina "was corrected."

“Thank God that the situation was resolved - it is already known that the December issue of Forbes magazine will be released, in the form in which he was supposed to be released,” said the internal journal of ej.ru Forbes Russia Maxim Kashulinsky. “And it will have material about Elena Baturina, and the phrase with which we handed over to the editors:“ I was guaranteed as an investor. Defense. "Although I am sure that it wasn’t about it, but what exactly was the case - I still did not understand. Intaco representatives call the" annoying misunderstanding ", I have not heard anything more intelligible. I want to thank my colleagues from different publications who raised the noise - only thanks to this, I think, such a decision was made and the number will come out."

Axel Springer arrested the circulation due to the fact that Inteko took out a signal copy of the article-in violation of Forbes policy-and threatened to file a claim for slander if it was published. Kashulinsky said that he did not know how Inteko received a copy of the article.

"Inteco" believes that the scandal is caused exclusively by the bending

Inteco announced readiness for further productive cooperation with the Axel Springer Russia publishing house and took the incident with the material about the head of the company Elena Baturina in the December version of the Russian Forbes magazine to misunderstanding.

As noted in Friday at Interfax, Inteko, the essence of the question is clearly described in the official statement of the Axel Springer Russia. “We respect the principal position of the publisher and, for our part, are configured for further productive cooperation. We believe that there was no understanding, there was no other background here,” the document emphasizes. Recall, Axel Springer Russia calls it as the reason for the seizure of the circulation "non -compliance with the principles of journalistic ethics."

The Intaco company is open to contacts and interaction with media representatives. For any dynamically developing, innovative company, this is a natural need, ”the statement said.

As noted in the document, the company "will further contribute to the distribution of complete, objective and relevant information about the current activities and plans" Inteco ".