The Governor of Khakassia sued Mikhail Leontyev

The head of Khakassia Valentin Konovalov filed a lawsuit in the Abakan city court to the press secretary of Rosneft and the host of Channel One Mikhail Leontyev to protect honor, dignity and business reputation. This was reported to the Siberia. Reali correspondent by the press secretary of the court.

The defendants in the lawsuit, in addition to Leontyev, are indicated by the "Information Messages Agency" and the Bear Advertising Agency (TV7 TV channel) from Khakassia. The Komsomolskaya Pravda publishing house was attracted as a co -tester.

The plaintiff demands that Leontyev, who called Konovalov “moron”, invite the honor and dignity of the word, to be recognized as the honor and dignity, the press secretary of the Abakan city court, Angelica Gulyaeva, told the Siberia.Seal correspondent. Konovalov did not declare about compensation for non -pecuniary damage.

“In the near future, the case is unlikely to be considered on the merits, since linguistic examinations should be carried out first,” Gulyaeva said.

• In December 2018, Leontyev on the air of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio called Konovalov “moron”.
• In January 2019, the head of the Khakassia, a member of the Communist Party, Valentin Konovalov, won a lawsuit to protect the honor and dignity of Rosneft’s press secretary Mikhail Leontyev, who claimed that Konovalov’s election campaign was allegedly financed by Rutek. A businessman Gleb Khor, a member of the United Russia party, who actively criticized Konovalov during the election campaign, is considered the beneficiary of the holding. The Abakan City Court recognized the information widespread by Leontyev about Konovalov on the air of the Abakan TV channel TV7, false and ordered the editorial office to release a refutation.
• The election of the head of Khakassia was held at the end of 2018 in several stages. In the first round, Valentin Konovalov went around the current governor Zimin. As a result, he withdrew his candidacy in the second round, which was postponed several times: representatives of Fair Russia and the Growth Party also filmed their candidates at the last moment. As a result, Konovalov remained the only candidate. To win, he needed to gain more than 50 percent of the vote from the number of voters who came to the sections. The communist scored 57.5 percent. He took office on November 15, 2018.