Kommersant top managers lose jobs over ballot paper photo with obscene caption - source
MOSCOW. Dec 13 (Interfax) - Kommersant Vlast magazine editor-in-chief Maxim Kovalsky and Kommersant holding general director Andrei Galiyev were dismissed following the publication of a photograph in the magazine's last issue depicting a ballot paper accompanied by an obscene caption, a source familiar with the situation told Interfax.
"The main reason behind the high-profile dismissals of some of the holding's top managers was the publication of a photograph in the Kommersant Vlast magazine's Issue No. 49, which came out on Monday, which depicted a ballot paper with an obscene caption," the source said.
Interfax has not yet received any official confirmation of the report.
The Vesti.Ru news website reported earlier that Kommersant holding general director Galiyev and Kommersant Vlast editor-in-chief Kovalsky had lost their jobs.
According to Vesti.Ru, such a decision was made by the publishing house's main shareholder Alisher Usmanov.
