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Inteko Eager to Go to Law against Forbes Russia
The conflict around the latest edition of Forbes Russia has expired, said the joint statement of Axel Springer Russia publisher and its head company. Publisher’s general director Regina von Flemming and the editor-in-chief of Forbes Russia Maxim Kashulinsky have maintained the offices. But Baturina's Inteko proceeds with the threats, intending to go to law should the sources that provided the data remain undisclosed.
Axel Springer Russia, Axel Springer AG and Forbes Russia released a joint statement yesterday to express satisfaction by publishing the issue in initial wording. Axel Springer AG and Axel Springer Russia said they were sorry that giving reasons for suspending December issue could have triggered suspicions that the work of the editors failed to correspond to the highest standards of journalism. On the other hand, the Forbes editors appear equally sorry that those moves of the publishers made them publicly doubt adherence of Axel Springer to principles of independent journalism.
The scandal around Forbes Russia inflamed once Regina von Flemming ordered to re-publish the magazine, having withdrawn its cover story on Yelena Baturina, the billionaire wife of Moscow mayor and chief of Inteko construction company.
The decision to suspend the December issue of the magazine from circulation over a cover story was made under the pressure of Inteko that threatened to go to law against Forbes Russia. So, the editor-in-chief of the latter, Maxim Kashulinsky, submitted his resignation to protest against it. The conflict ended once Axel Springer Russia reversed its decision, this time under the pressure of the U.S. office of Forbes, and the magazine submerged in initial variant.
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All the Article in Russian as of Dec. 05, 2006
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