This was reported to RIA Novosti in the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg.
Historian Sokolov's lawsuit concerns the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation.
It is also filed with GPM Entertainment Television LLC.
Sokolov asks to admit that it does not correspond to reality and refute the information from the film “Invitation to the Ball.
Victims of Russian Napoleon ”on the Premier video platform.
The plaintiff also demands to remove the film and to recover from the defendants 1,000 rubles in compensation for moral damage.
Earlier, the court extended the arrest of the historian Sokolov until December 23.
In July, Sokolov denounced reports of his brutal beating of another young female partner in 2008 as libelous.
According to the investigation, on November 7, 2019, Sokolov shot Yeshchenko, and on the night of November 9, he decided to get rid of the body and dismembered it, after which he tried to drown the remains in the Moika River.