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This morning, the Darnitsa District Court of Kiev partially satisfied the claim of the People’s Deputy of the Opposition Platform – For Life Viktor Medvedchuk against the journalist and historian Vakhtang Kipiani and the Vivat publishing house prohibited the distribution of the book The Case of Vasily Stus without Medvedchuk’s permission. The publisher said that all the warehouses with books are empty, so before the decision takes effect, another 3.5 thousand copies will be printed.
Full circulation of the book “The Case of Vasily Stus” was sold out within minutes after the judge announced the decision. Ekaterina Avramchuk, Marketing Director at Vivat Publishing House, announced it on Facebook.
“The book” The Case of Vasily Stus “by Vakhtang Kipiani was sold out in a matter of minutes by both the publisher and other distributors. We decided to print a new print until the court decision took effect and we have the right to do so. she wrote.
According to Avramchuk, the publisher has already distributed 19,900 books. Additional print run – 3,500 copies.
Kipiani said on Facebook that the court’s decision will be appealed.
“All the warehouses are empty – hello to Putin’s godfather [нардепу от “Оппозиционной платформы – За жизнь” Виктору Медведчуку]… But there will be a new edition again! We will appeal the decision of this infamous judge [Марины] Zastavenko. His voice was shaking, it was probably a shame, “he said.
The 700-page book contains footage from Stus’s arrest to his death in the field. The first meeting on Medvedchuk’s claim against Kipiani was held on October 2, 2019.
In a meeting on October 19, 2020, the Darnytskyi District Court of Kiev in a meeting partially satisfied the claim of the People’s Deputy of the Opposition Platform – For Life Viktor Medvedchuk against Kipiani and banned the circulation of the book The case by Vasily Stus without Medvedchuk’s permission. The court found that three sentences in the book were unreliable and three more violated the right to use Medvedchuk’s name.
Stus was sentenced in 1980 to 10 years of forced labor and five years in exile for anti-Soviet activities. The poet’s lawyer was the current Ukrainian politician, head of the political council of the Opposition Platform. – For life “Victor Medvedchuk.
In August 2018, Medvedchuk’s lawyer demanded that the trial scene be removed from the film “Zaboroniy” about Stus’s life; otherwise, he promised to request the film’s ban in court. Movie crew decided to leave the scene in the movie, which will be released on September 5.
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