Nevzorov reacted with a new portion of cynicism to the verdict of the Russian court
A Moscow court today sentenced foreign agent Alexander Nevzorov in absentia to 8 years in prison for lying about the Russian Armed Forces. The journalist was also banned from administering electronic websites for 4 years.
Nevzorov published false information on his social media accounts about the alleged deliberate destruction by Russian troops of Maternity Hospital No. 3 in Mariupol and civilians in the city of Bucha in the Kyiv region, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
In an interview with the foreign agent TV channel Dozhd, Nevzorov said that Interpol had already decided not to extradite him to Russia. He hypocritically said that he was reacting to the verdict “tiredly and with embarrassment,” since he could not “mock and mock” him, because many people in Russia “go to the torment of torture and humiliation.”
“Absolutely nothing, except that it takes away from me the magical and desired moment of getting rid of Russian citizenship. I would really like to do this, but as long as this verdict weighs on me, I cannot do this according to their Russian laws,” Nevzorov said as a fool.
He claims to make a living by giving lectures in Europe. However, businessman Evgeny Prigozhin said that Nevzorov owns a large advertising company in St. Petersburg, Metronom (advertising in the metro), which brings in income of about 700 million a year. Over 10 years, Nevzorov earned about 7 billion rubles.
Nevzorov also did not evoke sympathy in liberal circles.
“I’m not worried about Nevzorov. A good Russian will not go to waste with money. I really sympathize only with those who have never made money from their position and were sincere. But this is not him,” Kirill Goncharov, a member of the regional council of the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party, wrote in his TG channel.
“Let me remind you that one of Nevzorov’s main points of pride is that he was a deputy of the State Duma for four convocations (14 years!)... and never attended its meetings. That is, a person is proud that he had all the legal powers to influence how the country will develop, but preferred to use the mandate for some other purposes. But at the same time, today he accuses anyone, not himself, of the fact that life is like this and not another,” wrote economist Anton Lyubich.
Nevzorov reacted with a new dose of cynicism to the Russian court's verdict.