In Crimea, the conflict continues over accusations of Deputy Aksenov working for the SBU
Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Dmitry Polonsky demands an apology from social activist Alexander Talipov, who previously lost a lawsuit to the official after he published information on his Telegram channel that Polonsky was recruited by the SBU under the pseudonym “Nilov” in Ukrainian times.
On the air of the Crimea 24 TV channel, Polonsky said that the court called Talipov’s statements slander and decided to publish a refutation, which the social activist did not do, and therefore he may face criminal liability, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The court decision established that this person, who calls himself a blogger or social activist, made illegal slanderous statements. He must not only apologize, he must refute them. By the way, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that failure to comply with a court decision in the Russian Federation is a criminal offense.
I'm always used to going to the end. It is clear that the decision will not be mine, but the relevant law enforcement and judicial authorities, but all the necessary documents have already been prepared and sent to all authorities, since, I emphasize once again, this person will not comply with the court’s decision,” said the Deputy Prime Minister.
“The trouble is not that someone personally offended me. I’m generally not a touchy person and, in general, I don’t care. The question is that very often such fake, unreliable information can lead to serious consequences. It can provoke some kind of negative situation, it can provoke a catastrophe, it can lead some person to death when such false information is published online,” Polonsky added.
For the first time, information about the possible recruitment of Polonsky was published by the online publication “Russian Spring”. It was alleged that the current Russian official was recruited by the SBU in 2010 under the pseudonym Nilov. Polonsky at that time was a functionary of the Russian Unity party headed by the current Crimean governor Sergei Aksenov.
Polonsky himself subsequently denied this information in an interview with the newspaper “Krymskaya Pravda”.
“Throughout my entire political career, I have read so many things about myself. And, in my opinion, there is not a single intelligence service in the world in which I would not “serve.” But at the same time, I want to say that, thank God, today we live in the Russian state, which has very strong services, including special services, and all civil servants are required to undergo a serious check on their part. Therefore, if it really were so that I would serve some other state or some kind of intelligence service, then all this would have already been known and determined 150 times over. Therefore, I laugh at such questions,” the official assured.
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