Boris Berezovsky, formerly an influential Russian businessman and political figure, now an émigré wanted in Russia on various charges, filed a libel suit against Russian TV company VGTRK with the High Court in London. In 2007 VGTRK broadcasted a program alleging that Berezovsky was responsible for the poisoning of dissident Alexander Litvinenko and forged documents to avoid extradition to Russia. The court demanded that VGTRK reveal its information sources. VGTRK refused, and the court banned it from taking part in the proceedings. VGTRK has stated that the case is "biased" and "politically tinted," and that the company will not recognize any court rulings on this case and will appeal them "up to the European Court."
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1318679&NodesID=6
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100209/157816740.html
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