The BBC corrected the material about the project of Putin’s daughter after “clarifications” from Rosneft

The BBC Russian service has corrected the material about the participation of the alleged daughter of President Vladimir Putin, Maria Vorontsova, in a project for genetic research of Russians. attention to this . drew Meduza

As specified in the commentary to the article, information was removed from the material that the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, and Vorontsova would join the supervisory board of the Development of Genetic Technologies organization. In addition, the original version of the article discussed the funding and location of the project. This data was also deleted. The BBC Russian service notes that this happened after “clarifications” from Rosneft.

“The inclusion of this information did not meet the standards required for publication,” the post explains. The names of the authors were also removed from the note. The original version of the article, which was preserved in the web archive, states that Svetlana Reiter, Pyotr Kozlov and Vladimir Dergachev worked on the article.

The material indicated that the government instructed Rosneft to create a center for comprehensive research in the field of genetic technologies and genetic editing. According to the publication's sources, between $500 million and $1 billion were to be allocated for the project over the next seven years.

After the publication of the note, Rosneft promised to sue the publication. The corporation's press secretary, Mikhail Leontiev, claimed that he would comment in detail on the construction of the center, noting that this is “absolutely no secret.”