Leading Russian business daily Vedomosti...
and to provide evidence that the newspaper had links with terrorists."If your words were emotionally colored and were not based on concrete facts...Vedomosti"s editorial staff would like to receive an official apology," the letter said.
Vedomosti"s statement on Wednesday said Gryzov had not responded to the letter, forcing the paper to turn to the courts to get "an apology and retraction of his words."
Moskovsky Komsomolets journalist Minkin previously said the speaker"s comments "were very similar to the criminal offence called libel" and asked the authorities to open an investigation. However, he recognized that Gryzlov had immunity from prosecution as a Duma deputy and told Ekho Moskvy radio station he did not expect the parliament to allow the case to go forward.
The Gazeta daily reported that a senior United Russia member expressed surprise over Minkin"s and Lysova"s reactions. It quoted Andrey Isayev as saying that Gryzlov"s position was quite
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