Politician Alexei Navalny has filed an honor and dignity lawsuit against the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov. The claim card is posted on the website of the Presnensky Court of Moscow.

      The oppositionist demands that Dmitry Peskov's words that he “receives instructions” from the CIA should be recognized as untrue and discrediting the honor, dignity and business reputation. In addition, Mr. Navalny asks to oblige the defendant to publish a refutation of these statements on the Kremlin's website, the Presnensky Court press service reported. No monetary claims were filed in the claim. In early October, Mr. Peskov told reporters that, according to the information available to the Kremlin, CIA specialists are working with Alexei Navalny and "give him different instructions", and "not for the first time." He called Alexey Navalny's accusations against the president "absolutely groundless, inadmissible, offensive and unacceptable."