The court prohibited the distribution of Kipiani’s book on Stus without Medvedchuk’s permission.

The Darnytskyi District Court of Kiev, in a session on October 19, 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 banned the circulation of the book The Vasily Stus case without Medvedchuk’s permission.

The correspondent of the “GORDON” edition reports on this.

“To partially satisfy Viktor Medvedchuk’s claims against Vakhtang Kipiani and Vivat publishing house. Recognize the information disseminated in the book” The Case of Vasily Stus “as invalid and violate Medvedchuk’s personal non-property rights to protect honor and dignity , the inviolability of commercial reputation. […] Bound Kipiani, LLC editorial Vivat remove information about Viktor Medvedchuk’s personality from the book The Case of Vasily Stus. Ban Kipiani and LLC Vivat distribute the printed edition of the book “The case of Vasily Stus” and its subsequent reproduction until the violation of Medvedchuk’s personal non-property rights is eliminated, “said the judge when announcing the decision.

The court ruled that such sentences from the section “Did lawyer Medvedchuk kill the poet Stus?”

• “Did Stus have a chance to choose the lesser evil? However, it is a fact that the lawyer provided by state security was named Viktor Medvedchuk”;
• “Medvedchuk admitted in court that all crimes allegedly committed by his client deserve punishment”;
• “In fact, he supported the prosecution. Why prosecutors when there are such reliable lawyers?”

The phrases “The lawyer appointed by the State Medvedchuk crucified the poet”, “The six of the communist Medvedchuk system”, “The lawyer Medvedchuk also committed a crime against the poet by not informing his family about the initiation of the case”. […] Was he afraid of the KGB or was he just always a cynical and immoral guy? “- the court determined that the right to use Medvedchuk’s name and those that allow him to be identified as a character in the book was violated.

Furthermore, the court charged Kipiani and the publisher in favor of Medvedchuk with a court fee of 860 UAH and prohibited them from disseminating information related to the book in the media, radio, television and the Internet, as well as using information contained in individual sections. of the book and allows Medvedchuk to be identified as a character in the play.

The court rejected the rest of the claims.

Kipiani’s lawyer, Vyacheslav Yakubenko, in a comment to the public, explained that the court banned the distribution of the book as it is now. The solution does not apply to copies already purchased or those in libraries.

“Medvedchuk asked to declare nine fragments unreliable in the book The Case of Vasily Stus. The court granted the claim in part. That is, it was determined that three fragments were not reliable, in another three it prohibited the use of the name Medvedchuk as a character in the work without their consent, “Yakubenko said.

Kipiani said that “no one will apologize to Medvedchuk.”

“By court decision, these episodes must be eliminated. Of course, I will not do this,” he added.

At the last hearing on the case, which took place on October 16, Kipiani told the public that he would appeal if the court rules against him.

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.

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.