Navalny has filed a lawsuit against Dmitry Kiselev and “Russia-1″ – BBC Russian

opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who heads the Foundation for the fight against corruption, sued the TV channel “Russia-1″, the TV presenter Dmitry Kiselev and the author of the film “The effect of Browder” Evgeny Popov, this politician said on its website.

Bulk refers to one of the resolutions of the plenum of the Supreme Court of Russia, according to which on the claims on protection of honor, dignity and business reputation of the defendants are materials the authors containing defamatory information, and those who distribute them.

It is possible to Navalny to sue not only to Popov, as well as to Kiselyov, announced the film in its program “Vesti Nedeli”, and on television, show the film

“The bases are obvious.: all Kiselevsk “investigation” – an invention from beginning to end, including the ridiculous “correspondence with Browder in Skype,” – says Navalny -. The so-called “telephone conversation with Ponomarev” – generally an obvious falsification Without any phonoscopic examination it is clear that it is not. my voice “.

According to the opposition, the defendants would be required to prove the charges which they put forward in the” Effect Browder “, namely that Navalny participated in the organization of Hermitage Capital lawyer murder of Sergei Magnitsky and espionage <. / p>

The TV channel “Russia-1″ showed the film “The effect of Browder” on April 13 under the “Special correspondent” program. A few days before the premiere of the film announced Kiselev. Immediately after the transfer of Bulk Kiselev promised to sue the authors of the film.

In the film, Navalny is accused of being an agent of the British MI6 service, known under the pseudonym of “agent of Freedom.” According to the journalists, “Russia-1″, the opposition maintained close contact with the head of Hermitage Capital, William Browder, which received money. In confirmation of this in the film is a correspondence Navalny and Browder and testimonies of employees of Western intelligence agencies. Channel accuses them that together they planned the murder of Sergei Magnitsky, who died in jail “Sailor’s Silence”.

Prosecutor General’s Office has promised to study the information about violations of the law contained in the film. Navalny himself also appealed to the FSB with a request to examine the information contained in the film.