Ksenia Sobchak so called Owner of the Telegram channel “Extinguish the Light”, appearing in the criminal extortion case of the head of “Rostec” Sergei Chemezov. With this statement, according to the news of the Telegram channel BasisArian Romanovsky and Tamerlan Bigaev, who were previously detained, said:
“Ksenia Sobchak is the owner of the Turn Out the Light channel, due to the post from which they filed an extortion lawsuit from Sergei Chemezov.
In the material published on Friday, November 11, this was expressed in the statements of the channel’s editor-in-chief Arian Romanovsky and one of the directors – Tamerlan Bigaev.
According to Baza, both Romanovsky and Bigaev secured the contracts they signed with Sobchak:
“Judging by the documentation, Sobchak is directly related to the channel. Its owner.
According to journalists, they were supposed to publish materials about Sobchak’s duties and fulfill their wishes, ”the publication says.
In response, Sobchak stated that he has nothing to do with the Put Out the Light Telegram channel, does not own the channel and does not interfere with its broadcast policy.
“Currently, Sobchak is a witness in the extortion case of Sergei Chemezov. Journalists Arian Romanovsky and Tamerlan Bigaev are in jail,” Baza recalls.
Before Sobchak returned to Russia: it was reported that he crossed the Latvian border on foot last Sunday and arrived in the Pskov region.
On October 26, Moscow Tverskoy District Court arrested Kirill Sukhanov, commercial director Ksenia Sobchak, and Arian Romanovsky (Kuzmin), former editor-in-chief of Tatler magazine. They are accused of extorting 11 million rubles from the head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov.
It became known on October 25 that Sukhanov was taken into custody. According to the investigator, he was detained in the Regent restaurant during an operational experiment, while receiving 800,000 rubles of slices from Chemezov’s representatives.
Law enforcement officials reported that Sobchak himself was also involved in this case. TASS.
According to the interlocutor of the agency, the inspector’s decision to arrest him was in the hands of investigators, but the journalist managed to hide in Lithuania.
Searches were made at the cottage. On October 28, the Ministry of Internal Affairs rescinded the decision to include Sobchak as a suspect in the case.
Romanovsky was detained in the same criminal case as Sukhanov. They remained in detention until December 24. Sukhanov’s defense said they would appeal the decision.
Tatler’s former editor-in-chief did not plead guilty, and commercial director Sobchak said in court that he was ready to confess in part because. He demanded 800 thousand rubles from Chemezov, but only this amount.
According to investigators, the defendants prepared and published an article on the Put Out the Light Telegram channel containing information about the head of Rostec, which could cause significant harm to his rights and legitimate interests, as well as to the rights and interests of his relatives. Sukhanov and Romanovsky allegedly demanded 11 million rubles for the removal of the material.
It is also clear from the materials of the case that Andrei Baldukhaev applied to the Ministry of Internal Affairs on behalf of Chemezov. He also met with director Sobchak to remove posts about the head of Rostec from their Telegram channels.
Sobchak claims that the arrest of his commercial director was “a raid on the last free editorial office in Russia.”
“This is all a misunderstanding and the situation will be resolved quickly,” the journalist wrote. Sukhanov and Romanovsky are charged under paragraph “b” of chapter 3. Art. 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Extortion for the purpose of obtaining property on a particularly large scale”). They want up to 15 years in prison. On November 21, the Moscow City Court will consider the appeals of Sukhanov and Romanovsky.
Source: Gazeta
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