A Moscow court dismissed the libel suit filed against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin by Russian liberal opposition leaders Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Ryzhkov and Vladimir Milov. In a TV interview, Putin alleged that Nemtsov, Ryzhkov, and Milov (all former sate officials) had stolen billions of rubles while in office in the 1990s, and went on to add that they planned to steal even more in the event they come to power. In arguing for dismissal, Putin’s representative suggested that his comment was an opinion and not a statement of facts. She also presented evidence of possible crimes committed by the oppositionists, reflected in printouts from various web sites (such as Wikipedia, etc.), which the court accepted. While the court dismissed the libel suit, the full-text of the court's written opinion will not be made available until a later date.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1585628&NodesID=7
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