Russian oligarch ends his case against journalist Catherine Belton over her book Putin’s People
Roman Abramovich sued over a number of claims including that he bought Chelsea football club on Vladimir Putin’s orders.Roman Abramovich sued over a number of claims including that he bought Chelsea football club on Vladimir Putin’s orders.Last modified on Wed 22 Dec 2021 12.57 GMT
, which Abramovich won. The book’s publisher, HarperCollins, has agreed to make a payment to charity “in recognition of this error”, it said., including that he bought Chelsea on Vladimir Putin’s orders. He was one of three Russian tycoons who initiated libel proceedings against Belton and HarperCollins, together with the Russian state oil company Rosneft.
“HarperCollins has also made clear in the book that there is no evidence, beyond the statements of the individuals themselves, supporting claims made to the author by [the former Kremlin insider] Sergei Pugachev and two other unnamed individuals about the purchase of Chelsea Football Club.”described Berezovsky as an “inherently unreliable witness”.
The statement went on: “As the objectives of this legal claim have never been punitive, we have not asked for any damages to be paid. We have, however, asked that HarperCollins makes a donation in lieu of damages to a charitable organization, to which they have agreed”. She continued: “Throughout, HarperCollins has staunchly defended the book. I could not have wished for a better or braver publisher more committed to public interest journalism.”
At a preliminary hearing in November, Mrs Justice Tipples ruled that several passages in the book that Abramovich said conveyed untrue statements about him were defamatory of him.
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