Usmanov’s press service about Kommersant: Usmanov did not plant any censorship

The press service of Alisher Usmanov responded to the accusations of the politician Alexei Navalny, who accused the billionaire of introducing censorship in the Kommersant Publishing House. The press service publishes RBC .

The report says that “Mr. Usmanov did not“ impose ”any censorship in his media academics. It is noted that the former editor -in -chief of the magazine "Power" Maxim Kovalsky left the publishing house in 2011 "by agreement of the parties." “On the part of Mr. Navalny, no evidence that Usmanov“ plants censorship ”was not represented. Moreover, the material that has become the subject of ethical conflict was not subjected to censorship before nor after and is still in the public domain on the Kommersant Publishing House, ”the press service of Usmanov said.

Recall that Maxim Kovalsky left the position of chief edges of the magazine "Power" in 2011, after the publication published a photograph of a ballot ballot with an obscene inscription addressed to Putin.