“Today, on December 21, the first hearing took place in the Khamovnichesky Court in an exciting case - about the concealment of a crime by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. We are talking about the case of wiretapping. Exactly a year ago, the publication Life News (owned by Putin’s friends Yu. Kovalchuk and A. Gabrelyanov) published my telephone records negotiations with friends, relatives and associates.
Disclosure of telephone conversations is a crime. Articles 137 and 138 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provide for punishment of up to 4 years in prison."