[Russia] - Billionaire Usmanov Wins Court Battle Against Forbes Over Article Claiming Ties With Putin-- RBC

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A court in Germany has banned the United States edition of Forbes magazine from claiming that Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov has
close ties to President Vladimir Putin, the RBC news websitereported Tuesday, citing an obtained copy of the ruling.Forbes, citing an
European Councilcited the Forbes article later that month when slapping war-related sanctions against the businessman, including a travel
ban and asset freeze
and refused to reveal the identity of the expert attributed in its article.The Hamburg District Court ruled that Forbes can no longer
at $14.4 billion.