Navalny vs Usmanov. Second day

On May 31, the Lublin Court of Moscow satisfied the claim of billionaire Alisher Usmanov against oppositionist Alexei Navalny and the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK)

Judge Marina Vasina recognized the information disseminated by Navalny and FBK as untrue and discrediting the honor of the businessman. In addition, the court ordered Navalny and FBK to remove the film "He's not Dimon to you."

In his lawsuit, Usmanov demanded a refutation of the information about the “palace on Rublyovka” he presented to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (mentioned in the Anti-Corruption Foundation’s film “He’s not Dimon to you”), a bribe to Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, and censorship at the Kommersant publishing house, which owned by a businessman.

Alexei Navalny said that he did not intend to comply with the court decision: “What we saw cannot be called a trial. All petitions, all documents were rejected, the court refused to listen to all the witnesses.” The oppositionist also wrote on Twitter that the deletion of the investigation was “completely ruled out.”

The head of the election headquarters of Alexei Navalny, Leonid Volkov, in a conversation with NT, called the trial "ridiculous" and confirmed that their team is not going to remove the film "He is not Dimon to you." “The court did everything to ensure that the film“ He is not Dimon to you ”is distributed even more widely. And now everyone will distribute it – from morning till night,” Volkov said. He also added that the decision would be challenged. “If we dispute this, then we will naturally win,” the politician said.

According to the Secretary of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers Konstantin Dobrynin, Alexei Navalny should comply with the court decision. He also added that the politician should be reminded of the existence of Article 315 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which provides for liability for evading the execution of a court decision.

Dobrynin also called the actions of Navalny's team during the process "somewhat comical." “From my point of view, it all looked like a show of losers,” the expert said. He noted that the actions of Genrikh Padva ( Usmanov's lawyer . - NT) were "on top", and offered to learn from him.

The day before ( see "Navalny vs. Usmanov. Day One" ), the first hearing in the case took place, during which the judge rejected 22 petitions from Navalny's team, including petitions to summon Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov as witnesses, as well as the removal of Judge Marina Vasina.

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