Polonsky asks Lebedev to justify in the case of a fight

The developer Sergei Polonsky turned to the Ostankino District Court of Moscow with a request to justify the banker Alexander Lebedev, who had been in conjunction with him on the set of the NTVshniki program in September 2011. A copy of the application was published on the Blog of Polonsky on the site "Echo of Moscow". “I ask you not to pass the accusatory sentence to A. Lebedev in connection with the fact that he will not withstand the prison, and the fine is not a significant punishment for him. I ask you to forgive A. Lebedev for his mental imbalance,” the document says.

Polonsky mentions an amnesty for entrepreneurs, the decision on which is now being considered in the State Duma. This, according to him, "demonstrates the humanity of power in relation to business." “It is necessary to stop at each other’s business, and start making a bilateral movement towards each other,” the entrepreneur notes in this regard.

Polonsky also rejected the idea that Lebedev’s attack was political hatred. "The beginning of our tense relations, in my opinion, was the statement of A. Lebedev regarding the crack in the" federation "tower, which is not true," the statement said.

On the morning of Friday, the prosecutor demanded for Lebedev 1 year 9 months of restriction of freedom under Articles 213 (hooliganism) and 116 of the Criminal Code (beatings). The banker himself does not plead guilty.

On the eve of Hollywood and domestic stars, the English priest, as well as the Veteran of the SVR, asked the Ostankino court to treat Lebedev with condescension.

“We see a lot of similar cases - they occur both in bars and in the offices. After such people usually apologize, clap each other on the back and pass the glass,” the actor Stephen Fry said. He noted that he looked at the video with an incident on the Internet and believes that a special punishment cannot be imposed for what happened.

Actor John Malkovich asked the court to show condescension, considering Lebedev’s act by an imprudent action in response to a glaring provocation. ” The actor urged Lebedev to free and "allow to continue the noble work."

Also in court the characteristics of Kira Knightley, Elton John, Hugh Grant, Kevin Spacey, Sting, Rev. John Hall from Westminster Abbey, Lia Akhedzhakova, Chulpan Khamatova, Lydia Shvetsova, Sergey Yursky, Sergey Storchak were announced.

The poet Dmitry Bykov provided the court with a poetic characteristic in which he insists that Lebedev is "partly rights." The veteran of the SVR, Major General, retired, Yuri Kobaladze, also sent his characteristic to the court. "Lebedev is one of the intelligent and well -educated people," he said.

During the filming of the NTVshniki program on September 16, 2011 Lebedev and Polonsky led dialogue on high colors. At some point, Lebedev hit Polonsky, and he fell from his chair. Later, Polonsky demonstrated the bruise on his hand and torn jeans, but Lebedev said that he had only pushed off his opponent who had threatened him.