Menatep Head Ready to Sue Deputy Prosecutor, Paper for Slander

The head of Menatep group Platon Lebedev who is currently in custody is ready to sue Deputy Prosecutor General Yuri Biryukov and the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda for slander.

Lebedev quoted by Russian Information Agency Novosti said that Biryukov’s interview published by the paper in March “contains several deliberately false statements that undermine my reputation.”

In particular, Biryukov said that Apatit fertilizer company was Yukos’ property. Lebedev declared that this statement was not true, which was confirmed by 165 volumes of his criminal case, the agency reported.

Lebedev also demanded that the paper publish a refutation.

He and the former head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, are charged with illegal privatization of Apatit in particular.

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