Bashkortostan Head Files Clam for Defamation Over Fake Money…
Radyakh Khabirov, the head of Bashkortostan, submitted a statement to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the republic requesting the initiation of a case under Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation 'slander' against a group of individuals, with the apparent aim of discrediting the region's head.
Consensus
- Radий Khabirov filed a complaint with the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation regarding defamation.
- The complaint was made in response to false claims about the transfer of 263 million roubles from 'Bashkiravtodor' to an account in Austria.
- Khabirov stated that the claims were fabricated and attributed to a criminal group aiming to discredit him.
- The Federal Tax Service, Rosfinmonitoring, and Sberbank confirmed that no such transfers occurred.
- The false information originated from a technical error and incorrect data transfer in a tax inspection report.
- Khabirov has been recognized as a victim in a previously opened criminal case under Article 137, Part 2 of the Russian Criminal Code (violation of the inviolability of private life).
- The complaint was submitted during an operational meeting of the regional government.
Points of divergence
- The posts about money transfer appeared on 24 September in outlets including 'Lenpravda' and 'Moskovsky Monitor', as well as in Telegram channels recognized by the Ministry of Justice as foreign agents, such as VChK-OGPU. — kommersant
- Khabirov named former mayor of Ufa Ratmir Mavliyev and the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Bashkortostan Raily Shaydullin as possible initiators of the campaign. — kommersant
- Khabirov reported that the Federal Tax Service's check revealed incorrect data transfer as the cause of the false information. — vesti
- Khabirov mentioned that an unknown individual or group had allegedly given a directive to collect information against him. — interfax
Coverage (3 sources)
- Head of Bashkortostan Khayburov stated in the SK about slander against him — Вести
- Head of Bashkortostan Radiev Habirov sent a statement to the Prosecutor's General on slander — Коммерсантъ
- Head of Bashkortostan sent a statement to the Investigative Committee about initiating a case for slander against him — Интерфакс
Key entities
- Bashkortostan
- Rady Khabyrov
- Russia
- Investigative Committee
- Moscow
- Telegram channel
- SKR
- SK
- Bashkiravtodor
- INTERFAX.RU
- Media
- TASS
- Austria
- FNS
- Republic