I read this post by the assistant to the editor-in-chief of Echo of Moscow (a Russian radio station) with interest.
The post is published on the website, its authorship is not in doubt, so let us treat it as official information—and respond to it officially as well.
Citizen M. Yu. Lesin, who is trying to ban my interviews on the radio station, is a public official here—the head of the Gazprom-Media holding company:
He should be well aware that censorship is prohibited in Russia by the Constitution:
The law on mass media spells out what exactly is meant by censorship:
It is an exact match: a public official is trying to impose a ban on the dissemination of information. In this case, interviews with citizen Navalny.
Therefore, I am appealing to 1) the Prosecutor's Office regarding the act of censorship. There is no formal sanction, but I demand that his actions be признаны unlawful. 2) the shareholders of Gazprom-Media, demanding that Lesin be removed from his post for such actions. 3) Roskomnadzor (my favorite agency) regarding the act of censorship. After all, they are responsible for overseeing compliance with the law on mass media. There you have it.
Yes, of course, you will tell me that censorship is everywhere, and that Lesin was put in that position precisely to carry it out. I understand all that, but here we have a solidly documented case of censorship. Why not conduct an instructive legal experiment?
As you know, under the terms of my house arrest, I am not allowed to send letters, complaints, or petitions anywhere. Tomorrow, at the next court hearing, I will file a special motion asking for permission to send these three letters.
If permission is denied, my representatives will send them.
And yes, to help everyone build a psychological profile of Lesin, let me remind you that this citizen bought $28 million worth of real estate in California alone. On what income, exactly, remains unknown (which is, incidentally, yet another reason to vote for our bill).
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