Index on Censorship » England http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » England http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org UK: Russian tycoon sued for libel over talkshow fight http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/10/uk-russian-tycoon-sued-for-libel-over-talkshow-fight/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/10/uk-russian-tycoon-sued-for-libel-over-talkshow-fight/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:34:37 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=27889 A Russian property developer who was punched during a talkshow, is suing for libel in England after his assailant, fellow Russian tycoon  Alexander Lebedev said he deserved the beating. Sergei Polonsky is suing Lebedev, owner of the Independent and London Evening Standard for defamation following their altercation in September. Lebedev told the BBC that Polonsky had insulted him for 90 [...]

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]]> Russian property developer who was punched during a talkshow, is suing for libel in England after his assailant, fellow Russian tycoon  Alexander Lebedev said he deserved the beating. Sergei Polonsky is suing Lebedev, owner of the Independent and London Evening Standard for defamation following their altercation in September. Lebedev told the BBC that Polonsky had insulted him for 90 minutes. Criminal proceedings for assault have begun in Russia.

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