Kommersant apologized to Rosneft

Kommersant apologized to Rosneft for a note of his chief editor Dmitry Butrina “waiting for the corrected three years”, after the publication of which the state-owned company filed a lawsuit in arbitration to the publishing house. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press secretary of Rosneft Mikhail Leontyev.

The letter was received the day before. As noted by Leontyev, apologies were brought "in a very correct form." In the letter, the agency’s interlocutor quoted, “the absence of the actual grounds for using the company's name in disputed material” was recognized. Kommersant also assured that he would continue to try to find the wording more acceptable for Rosneft.

“We do not see any grounds for continuing the trial,” concluded Leontyev. “We are fully satisfied with their position.”

Earlier on Wednesday, the head of the legal service "Kommersant" Georgy Ivanov said that the publishing house is discussing a settlement with Rosneft. Which of the parties made this idea, the lawyer refused to explain.

Now, Ivanov added, negotiations are underway on the content of the world. It is supposed to be determined for the next court session, appointed on December 15.

The lawsuit "Rosneft" went to the Moscow Arbitration Court on October 2 . In the note, the Butrina, published on August 14, discussed the amendments to the law on public procurement proposed by the Ministry of Finance, called up, as the department explained, to exclude the conflict of interests when concluding transactions by state -owned companies.

The dissatisfaction of the oil company was caused by the following phrase from the publication: “It is amazing in the amendments only that almost no one except lawyers and those involved in state procurement directly in Russia, apparently, apparently suspects that the purchase of anything by Rosneft’s rejection itself from his wife until any damage was established from this Rosneft, to a new years, in general, is legal. "

Rosneft stated that "the author puts forward cereal accusations, and" an imaginary example enshrines the negative image of the company in the public consciousness. "

Then the director of Kommersant, Vladimir Zhelonin, said: "We do not understand what exactly we must refute, so we will wait for the court decision." In the note, the Butrina "about the specific" Rosneft "is not said," emphasized the top manager.

In December 2016, the same Moscow Arbitration Court recovered 390 thousand rubles from the Rosneft at Rosneft from the RBC media holding and four of its journalists. The defendants were also obliged to delete the article “Sechin asked the government to protect Rosneft from BP, which caused a lawsuit and put a refutation. In March 2017, the 9th Arbitration Court of Appeal canceled the collection of funds with RBC. In May, Rosneft appealed this decision, but a month later she concluded a settlement with the defendant . RBCs recognized the facts set forth in publications that were not true and discrediting the reputation of Rosneft, as well as apologized to the main executive director of the company Igor Sechin.