The publisher of the book "Putin's People" has agreed to remove the claim that Abramovich bought the Chelsea club on the instructions of the president

Publisher HarperCollins and journalist Catherine Belton apologized to billionaire Roman Abramovich over the book “Putin’s People. How the KGB regained Russia and went on the offensive in the West.” reports . Luke journalist Guardian Harding

The parties reached an agreement on the claim. The journalist and the publishing house will not pay damages to Abramovich; each party will pay its own costs.

Now the text of the book will add a statement that Abramovich’s purchase of the Chelsea football club at the direction of President Vladimir Putin is not a statement of fact. In addition, additional refutations from the press secretary of the billionaire and the club will be added to the book.

“While the book has always denied that Abramovich acted under anyone's direction in buying Chelsea, the new edition will include a more detailed explanation of Abramovich's motives for buying the club... The publisher and author apologize that these aspects of the book were not clear enough , and are pleased to have now clarified the text,” added HarperCollins.

The publisher will also correct the statement that Abramovich and the late oligarch Boris Berezovsky were co-owners of the Sibneft company. Abramovich refused compensation but asked HarperCollins to make a donation to charity "in recognition of this mistake." In total, approximately 1,700 words will be removed or added from the book, the court added.

Previously, because of the book “Putin’s People. How the KGB regained Russia and went on the offensive in the West” was addressed to the court by representatives of Rosneft and co-owners of Alfa Bank Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven. The court rejected Rosneft's claims; The publishing house agreed to make changes to the book as part of a pre-trial agreement with Friedman and Aven.