US EditionVictory in Court: Usmanov Wins Legal Battle Against German Newspaper
The Hamburg court ruled that FAZ's April 2023 article contained unproven claims linked to Alexey Navalny, violating Usmanov's rights and banning their repetition.
- On January 23, 2026, the Hamburg Regional Court granted Alisher Usmanov's claim and barred Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from disseminating statements violating his personal rights.
- FAZ's April 2023 article 'On Behalf of the Kremlin' contained defamatory claims, prompting Usmanov to seek an injunction after FAZ declined a cease‑and‑desist, citing Navalny‑linked assertions used in sanctions and probes.
- The court specifically prohibited Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from repeating allegations that Usmanov used his capital repeatedly for Kremlin interests, pressured Kommersant's editorial policy after 2006, and spread Navalny-linked claims about property donations to Dmitry Medvedev's entities and a 2002 Gazprom Investholding deal.
- The decision intensifies a pattern of media corrections that include penalties up to 250,000 per offence or detention, with FAZ considering an appeal.
- Usmanov's lawyers say the rulings weaken the evidentiary basis for sanctions, while European Union courts have upheld his listing and FAZ spokesperson warns of press‑freedom challenges.
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Hamburg court bars FAZ from repeating allegations about sanctioned billionaire Usmanov
A Hamburg court has issued an injunction preventing Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) from repeating a series of allegations it published about Alisher Usmanov, the sanctioned Uzbek-born Russian billionaire.
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Russian-Uzbek billionaire Usmanov wins lawsuit against German newspaper, documents show
MOSCOW, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov has won a legal complaint against German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung over an article it published about him, court
Victory in Court: Usmanov Wins Legal Battle Against German Newspaper
Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov successfully contested a German newspaper, FAZ, which published unverified claims about him. A Hamburg court ruled in favor of Usmanov, prohibiting the paper from further disseminating certain allegations. Usmanov aims to overturn EU and U.S. sanctions imposed after the Ukraine conflict began.
Russian oligarch of Uzbek origin, Alisher Usmanov, has won a lawsuit against the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). A Hamburg court deemed some of the information contained in the newspaper's article inadmissible and banned its further distribution, Reuters reported.
Russian billionaire wins landmark libel case in Germany – media - The Press United
A Hamburg court has barred FAZ from spreading defamatory statements about Alisher Usmanov, including claims made by late opposition figure Alexey Navalny Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov has scored another legal victory against Western media, with a German court barring a major newspaper from publishing claims about the billionaire that it ruled are false and defamatory, […] The post Russian billionaire wins landmark libel case in Germany – media …
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