The Moscow City Court allowed Navalny not to apologize to Liksutov

The Moscow City Court partially canceled the decision of a lower court, according to which the opposition leader Alexei Navalny had to apologize to the Vice-Mayor of Moscow Maxim Liksutov and pay him 600 thousand rubles. At a closed hearing on December 4, the court decided that Navalny did not need to apologize to the official, but he still had to give him the money and publish a refutation of his statements.

Nevertheless, according to the court decision, he is still obliged to refute the information presented in his publication. The meeting was held behind closed doors to avoid publicizing data on the official's family life.

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• In August 2014, the Lyublinsky District Court decided that Navalny should pay Liksutov 500,000 rubles. on a claim for the protection of honor and dignity and 100 thousand rubles. as compensation for the plaintiff's legal expenses.
• Liksutova insulted Navalny's post, in which he claimed that the official was a shareholder of a foreign company, although this is prohibited by law. Liksutov himself assured that he got rid of the assets in advance. The official demanded 1.5 million rubles from Navalny.