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Line 22: In January 2005, ''Kommersant'' published blank pages as a protest at a court ruling ordering it to publish a denial of a story about a crisis at [[Alfa-Bank]]. The sole article in the paper was this one, published upside down, on the front page. The headline of the article was "Full Plaintiff" (полный истец) which has little meaning, but rhymes with a [[Russian mat\|Russian swear word]], meaning "complete disaster" ({{Lang-ru\|[[Russian mat\|полный пиздец]]\|links=\|translit=polniy pizdets}}).<ref>{{cite news\|script-title=ru:Полный истец\|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=543041\|work=Kommersant\| location=Moscow\|date=31 January 2005\|language= Russian\|accessdate=24 August 2009}}</ref> The English version of the article was headed "Alfa-d Up".<ref>{{cite news\|title=Alfa-d Up\|url=http://www.kommersant.com/p543041/r_524/Alfa-d_Up/\|work=Kommersant\|location=Moscow\|date=31 January 2005\|accessdate=28 August 2009\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606111951/http://www.kommersant.com/p543041/r_524/Alfa-d_Up/\|archivedate=6 June 2011\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Berezovsky sold the Kommersant publishing house to an old friend and business partner, Georgian fruit canner and opposition television station owner [[Badri Patarkatsishvili]], who was already chairman of the Kommersant company's board.<ref>[http://www.editorsweblog.org/print_newspapers/2006/02/russian_publishing_house_kommersant_gets.php/ ''Russian publishing house Kommersant gets a new owner'' – Editors Weblog, World Association of Newspapers, 28 February 2006 quoting ''Ekspert'' magazine]. Retrieved 24 July 2007.</ref> In August 2006, Patarkatsishvili sold his 100% stake in the Kommersant publishing house to [[Alisher Usmanov]],<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/GIPI.html/ ''Alisher Usmanov'', ''Forbes''] Retrieved 24 July 2007.</ref> head of Gazprom's Gazprominvestholding subsidiary. After clashing with Usmanov, ''Kommersant'' editor-in-chief Vladislav Borodulin left the paper.<ref>[http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2006/10/russia_kommersant_editor_quits.php ''Kommersant editor quits'' - World Association of Newspapers, quoting the Associated Press, 2 October 2006]. Retrieved 24 July 2007.</ref> "[Borodulin’s] decision to resign was not forced, but evidently they expressed different views on how the publishing house should be developed," said the group's commercial director. Andrei Vasilyev, appointed for a second stint at the helm of the daily – after a long run from 1999 to 2005– said ''Kommersant-daily'' had no intention of following any imposed policy, and added that the edition would carry articles that might not please the owner.<ref>[http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061002/54450883.html ''New/old Kommersant editor vows to maintain line''- RIA Novosti, 2 October 2006]. Retrieved 24 July 2007</ref>

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