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Yury Kobaladze
// managing director of Renaissance Capital Investment Company
Intuitively, I'm on Kommersant's side. I think the claim and charges brought against Kommersant are manufactured, far-fetched, futile, and unnecessary. I listened to A. Vasilev's presentation, and I had the feeling that Kommersant's arguments were incontestable. As for the court's decision, it's still a court decision and there's no arguing with it. It's just too bad it came to this; it was absolutely unnecessary. Especially since Kommersant asked Petr Aven to speak, and devoted an entire column to the interview. And that should have been the end of it. Obviously, the situation has other hidden motives besides political ones. Kommersant has always seemed to me to be a publication that voices the interest of big business, including Alfa Bank. And I find it strange when big business starts to argue with a newspaper that basically expresses its interests. There's no doubt that the amount the bank has demanded is large; however, it's not a question of size but of the very fact of this dispute. I repeat – it was unnecessary, futile, and harmful to the common cause. I would really like to see the dispute settled, to see it end in a peaceful draw, and to see the parties shake hands and stop fighting, because a fight will not be good for either of them.
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