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A German court banned the FAZ from publishing unverified claims linking Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov to Kremlin ties, calling them defamatory.
A Hamburg court has banned Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from publishing claims linking Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov to Kremlin interests, calling the allegations defamatory and unverified.
The January 23, 2026, ruling specifically blocked the spread of accusations from late opposition figure Alexey Navalny, previously dismissed by a Moscow court in 2017.
The decision marks the first European court action to prohibit Navalny’s claims, which underpinned EU sanctions imposed in 2022.
Usmanov’s legal team said the ruling invalidates the basis for those sanctions.
The FAZ faces fines of up to €250,000 per violation or prison for repeat breaches.
Usmanov, worth an estimated $18.8 billion, has won multiple defamation cases in recent years, securing retractions from major media outlets.
Un tribunal alemán prohibió a la FAZ publicar afirmaciones no verificadas que vinculaban al multimillonario ruso Alisher Usmanov con vínculos con el Kremlin, calificándolas de difamatorias.