Seal of disapproval: Oligarch Evgeny Prigozhin files complaint against linguist who served as expert witness in defamation cases

Catering tycoon Evgeny Prigozhin has filed a complaint with prosecutors against Irina Levontina, a forensic linguistics expert who works for the Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Levontina served as an expert witness in two defamation lawsuits that Prigozhin filed against journalists. According to Novaya Gazeta, the Kremlin-linked oligarch is accusing Levontina of "misconduct" because she included the Russian Language Institute's official seal on paperwork submitted to the courts as expert evidence. Levontina believes that the complaints are an attempt to have her opinions, which don't support Prigozhin's claims in either case, thrown out. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/11/15/seal-of-disapproval