The singer demands compensation for moral damages in the amount of one million rubles.

Decl (Cyril Tolmatskogo)

Photo: from the personal archive of I. Tolmatsky

Basta

Photo: Instagram

Cyril
Tolmatskogo, better known as rapper Decl, filed a lawsuit against the rapper Basta. With a lawsuit
in Basmanny court of Russia, the artist asked for statements of Basta in one of
social networking: he called Tolmatskogo “shaggy schmuck”. Decl found that
the statement caused him moral damage, expressed in moral
the suffering and damage to his business reputation.

“Common
Respondent information defaming my honor and dignity, as the number
subscribers to the Twitter account of the defendant is 262 thousand people, —
it is told in the statement of claim of September 28, 2016. I Vakulenko
Vasily Mikhailovich is a public face.”

At
Roman lalana, lawyer, decl, they want to create a precedent as
the word “schmuck” is never mentioned as a reason for the suit about insult.

“We
you must prove to the court that this quote has influenced business reputation
Cyril Tolmatsky,” says the lawyer.

He said that Basta had insulted him in response to complaints about noise
located in the former gas factory in Moscow club “Gazgolder”
(the club is part of the creative Association “Gasometer” based
Vakulenko). Decl post published 27
Aug. Vakulenko responded to this information by writing: “Decl-haired schmuck-2”. The TV channel “360” clarifies that
it is for this reason and filed a lawsuit Decl.