The court will review the claim of Prigozhin against Venediktov, who called him the owner of PMC “Wagner”

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow has set a date for reviewing the lawsuit filed by businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin against the former editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy radio station Alexei Venediktov (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation), said the journalist’s lawyer Kaloy Akhilgov. The case will be reviewed on February 6.

“Today, the words “the owner of PMC Wagner”, taking into account Prigozhin’s behavior and words, look more than reliable. And that is why a lawsuit was filed with the Presnensky Court to review the court’s decision due to newly discovered circumstances. And the circumstances are such that all that we representatives of Prigozhin spoke in court, Prigozhin himself denied it in the media, ”wrote the lawyer in Telegram-channel.

June 10, 2021 the press service of the company “Concord” reportedthat Yevgeny Prigozhin filed a lawsuit against ZAO Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Venediktov, and Vitaly Ruvinsky, editor-in-chief of the radio station’s website. Mr. Prigozhin demanded to refute the statement of Mr. Venediktov, who on the air called him the owner of PMC “Wagner”. On August 15, 2022, the Presnensky Court recognized the words of the former editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy as unreliable.

His involvement in the creation of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin confirmed September 26 last year. Then he said that he independently “found specialists” and “cleaned old weapons” at the training ground, naming May 1, 2014 as the date of foundation of the PMC.