Mikhail Fridman, owner of Russia’s largest non-state bank (net worth about $15.6bn) is suing for libel. Fridman’s business partner, Pyotr Aven, (net worth a paltry $5.3bn) is suing for breach of data protection. Finally, there is a legal action by Shalva Chigirinsky, a former property tycoon (net worth unknown) with no details on record. Rosneft and Abramovich are not only suing HarperCollins, they are suing Belton personally. On the other, the UK is denounced by the Foreign Policy Centre as “the most frequent country of origin” for foreign legal threats against investigative journalists.

Source: The Guardian May 08, 2021 16:52 UTC