Alisher Usmanov wants to sue Navalny

One of the main characters of the film “He is not Dimon” billionaire Alisher Usmanov will sue Alexei Navalny for slander. He reported this to TASS.

“Navalny misleads people, and his statements are slander. For a long time I did not pay attention to his false statements so as not to create extra PR, but in the case of the latest stuffing slander, he crossed the red line, accusing me of committing a crime. In this regard, I submit a lawsuit to the court and will apply to law enforcement agencies, ”Usmanov said.

Navalny himself had already managed to comment on the news at the Cactus morning show, which is conducted by a lawyer of the Corruption Fund Lyubov Sobol. “My assumption is just that he will rather use law enforcement agencies for some pressure on me and the fund. As usual, they will initiate a matter, searches will begin to be held in the framework of this case. I have already watched this repeatedly, ”Navalny added.

The materials published by the FBK said that Usmanov transferred a land plot with a house on the Rublevskoye highway for 5 billion rubles to a classmate of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Ilya Eliseev under a donation agreement.

Usmanov - the main shareholder of USM Holdings, takes fifth place in the Russian Forbes list . His fortune is estimated at $ 15.2 billion. The Metalloinvest Holding, MegaFon, Mail.ru. Also, the billionaire is owned by Kommersant Publishing House and more than 30% of the shares of the Arsenal football club.