Sobchak said she was a witness in the case of the spread of fakes

Ksenia Sobchak said that she is still in the status of a witness in the case of “spreading fakes about state power.” TASS the day before informedthat the police asked the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) to open a case against Mrs. Sobchak. It is connected with a criminal libel case initiated against documentary filmmaker Vitaly Mansky after his interview with a journalist.

“While I have the status of a witness. But apparently they want to retrain. I did my journalistic duty and interviewed, ”commented RBC Ksenia Sobchak.

In his Telegram she said that during the interrogation in the case of Vitaly Mansky, she was “asked strange questions.” “For example: “Didn’t you agree in advance with Mansky as part of a criminal group to specifically ask him a question, to which he would give an answer known to you in advance about theft at festivals, in order to defame Nikita Mikhalkov and others together?” I honestly answered that I never discuss questions with guests in advance, and I publish their answers without censorship, ”she says.

Under what article a case can be brought against a journalist, it is not clear. TASS spoke about the case because of “fake news about the authorities”, but at the same time mentioned Art. 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which provides for liability for fakes about the Russian army and about the actions of the authorities abroad. The case against Vitaly Mansky was opened because of his words about corruption in the organization of the Moscow International Film Festival. Producer announced on the federal wanted list.

Laura Keffer