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Russian arbitration head denies Putin's order to pull
plug on TV6
Interfax
Moscow, 23 January: The chairman of the Russian Higher Arbitration Court, Veniamin Yakovlev, has categorically refuted statements that the Russian leadership exerted pressure on the court when it was considering the liquidation of TV6.
Yakovlev made these comments to Interfax on media reports [saying] that Union of Right Forces (SPS) leader Boris Nemtsov had alleged that Yakovlev told him that he "had received an instruction from the president to shut down TV6 in order to get rid of a media outlet owned by Boris Berezovskiy."
"This information absolutely does not correspond to reality, for I have not had either meetings or even conversations with Union of Right Forces leader Boris Nemtsov," he said.
Statements that President [Vladimir] Putin has issued any instructions to the Higher Arbitration Court concerning the TV6 liquidation "are an invention," Yakovlev said.
He noted that such influence is impossible and "has never taken place," either in this particular case or in any others, as this would be a flagrant violation of Russian law.
"Such allegations are a matter of conscience for those who make them up," Yakovlev said.
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