MOSCOW, December 22 - RAPSI. The Moscow City Court has upheld on Thursday a district court’s decision not to recover $62,900 from the Kommersant publishing house for a charitable fund and one of its managers Vladimir Kiselev, the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) reports from the courtroom.

The court has supported the judgments in all three lawsuits.

Earlier, a court dismissed two and partially satisfied one and ordered the paper to pay 6,000 rubles ($189) and refute the statement that the fund’s activities are a sham.
 
The fund’s lawsuits stemmed from the article titled, “Fund mars Putin’s pleasure,” which was published in the newspaper in March. The fund sought 2 million ($62,900) plus one ruble from the paper, journalist Oleg Kashin and head of the Kommersant Relief Fund Lev Ambinder in moral damages, as well as the refutation of their statements.

Late last year, the fund organized a charity concert in St. Petersburg. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin not only attended, but also played the piano and sang a song during the event.