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{{Short description|2017 documentary film directed by Alexey Navalny}}
{{Expand Russian|topic=cult|Он вам не Димон|date=March 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = He Is Not Dimon to You
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| distributor    = [[Anti-Corruption Foundation]]
| narrator       = [[Alexei Navalny]]
| music          = "American Boy" by [[Kombinaciya]]
| released       = {{Film date|2017|3|2|YouTube|df=y}}
| runtime        = 49.6 minutes
| country        = [[Russia]]
| language       = Russian (with official Russian, English, French, Spanish, Polish and Finnish subtitles)
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'''''He Is Not Dimon to You''''' or '''''Don't Call Him Dimon''''' ({{langx|ru|Он вам не Димон|translit=On vam ne Dimon}}) is a 2017 Russian [[documentary film]] detailing the corruption of [[Dmitry Medvedev]], who was [[Prime Minister of Russia]] at the time of release. The film estimates that $1.2 billion was embezzled by Dmitry Medvedev.
== Title meaning ==
[[File:Natalya Timakova.jpg|thumb|[[Natalya Aleksandrovna Timakova]]]]
The name of the film is a reference to an interview with Medvedev's press secretary [[Natalya Timakova]], where she criticized the use of the nickname ''Dimon'' when speaking about Medvedev on social media.<ref>{{cite web |date=2013-05-21 |title=Medvedev Not Offended by Being Called 'Dimon' |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2013/05/21/medvedev-not-offended-by-being-called-dimon-a24231 |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=[[The Moscow Times]] |language=en}}</ref> Dimon is a colloquial form of the name Dmitry, often used in [[Russian mafia|gangster circles]].{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
[[File:Dmitry Medvedev govru official photo 2.jpg|left|thumb|[[Dmitry Medvedev]]]]
== Contents ==
[[File:Гагаринская 1 04.jpg|thumb|Kushelev-Bezborodko Mansion in [[Saint Petersburg]], Gagarinskaya Street, 1 or Kutuzov Embankment, 24]]
The film is divided into 10 chapters:
* Chapter 1. About Medvedev's collection of expensive footwear, helping to identify his orders as being shipped to an address of a company controlled by Medvedev's college friend.
* Chapter 2. How oligarch [[Alisher Usmanov]] gave Medvedev a castle in the Moscow region as a present.
* Chapter 3. How Medvedev built a secret villa in the hills.
* Chapter 4. How Medvedev built a 'patrimonial estate' and agribusiness
* Chapter 5. How Medvedev became a winegrower and worked diligently to provide state support to the industry
* Chapter 6. How the DAR Foundation obtained apartments worth a billion
* Chapter 7. About the source of money for all that
* Chapter 8. About two yachts of Medvedev found in an [[offshore financial centre]]
* Chapter 9. How Medvedev got [[vineyard]]s and a castle in [[Tuscany]] ([[Italy]])
* Chapter 10. Moral and conclusions
All chapters are published on the FBK web page.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fbk.info/english/english/post/304/ |title=Docs in English |access-date=5 March 2017 |archive-date=17 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517212806/https://fbk.info/english/english/post/304/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Views ==
''He Is Not Dimon to You'' was posted on the [[YouTube]] channel on 2 March 2017. The video received about 1.5 million views in its first day. A week after, this surged to 7 million, exceeding the result of ''[[Chaika (film)|Chaika]]'', another film by [[Alexei Navalny]] and the [[Anti-Corruption Foundation]]. In two weeks, the video had received over 13 million views. A month after release, the video had over 17 million views.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31rcLocEXy0 |title=Fantastic reaction of authorities on Medvedev's mansions and yachts |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> By May 2019, the video reached 30 million views.<ref>{{cite web |date=2019-12-26 |title="Он вам не Димон" радость приносит до сих пор». Навальный рассказал о причине своего задержания и обысков |trans-title="He is not Dimon for you," brings joy to this day. Navalny spoke about the reason for his detention and searches |url=https://www.fontanka.ru/2019/12/26/083/ |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=[[fontanka.ru]] |language=ru}}</ref>
== Reaction ==
Russian state-owned media and most of privately held media have completely ignored the controversial revelations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russians take to streets in thousands to oppose corruption |url=https://www.ft.com/content/b2be5156-123c-11e7-b0c1-37e417ee6c76 |newspaper=Financial Times |date=26 March 2017 |access-date=5 April 2017 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Initially there was no reaction from [[Dmitry Medvedev]] or other high-ranking Russian government officials.<ref>{{cite news |title=Opposition leader Alexei Navalny detained amid protests across Russia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/26/opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-arrested-amid-protests-across-russia |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 March 2017 |access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref>
On March 10, Medvedev blocked [[Alexei Navalny]] on [[Instagram]]. Navalny led [[2017 Russian protests|country-wide street protests]] on March 26, with a stated goal of forcing [[Vladimir Putin|Putin]] and Medvedev to respond to Navalny's accusations. Following the end of March protest action, Medvedev claimed that the movie was shot specifically as an excuse for it, while accusations of corruption were 'made up on compote principle from weird stuff, nonsense and some pieces of paper'.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20170404/1491479101.html |title=Медведев о фильме Навального: это попытка добиться шкурных целей |date=4 April 2017 |website=ria.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
According to [[Stephen Sestanovich]], Navalny "has forced the president of Russia to stop pretending that he is against corruption. Others may rail against it, but for Putin, corruption is now officially 'fake news.'"<ref>{{cite news |last=Sestanovich |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Sestanovich |date=22 June 2017 |title=Vladimir Putin is suddenly on the defensive against corruption |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/06/22/vladimir-putin-is-suddenly-on-the-defensive-against-corruption/ |url-status=live |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702145645/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/06/22/vladimir-putin-is-suddenly-on-the-defensive-against-corruption/ |archive-date=2 July 2019 |access-date=10 October 2021 |url-access=subscription |language=en}}</ref>
An April 2017 [[Levada Center|Levada]] poll found that 45% of surveyed Russians support the [[resignation]] of Russian Prime Minister [[Dmitry Medvedev]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-26/russian-polls-do-mean-something-after-all |title=Russian Polls Do Mean Something After All |work=Bloomberg |date=26 April 2017 |language=en}}</ref> while 33% of respondents were against. ''Newsweek'' reported that "An opinion poll by the Moscow-based Levada Center indicated that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsweek.com/2017/04/28/alexei-navalny-russia-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-corruption-protests-moscow-585004.html |title=Alexei Navalny: Is Russia's Anti-Corruption Crusader Vladimir Putin's Kryptonite? |website=Newsweek |date=17 April 2017 |access-date=7 June 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
== Defamation suit ==
On 31 May 2017, Navalny lost a defamation suit over the documentary, filed by Russian billionaire [[Alisher Usmanov]]. A judge at [[Moscow City Court|Moscow's Lyublinsky district court]] ordered Navalny to remove his YouTube video and to publish a retraction, which Navalny stated he will not do.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-loses-defamation-case-47742769 |title=Russian opposition leader Navalny loses defamation case |work=ABC News |date=31 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
In a trial which lasted two days, the judge dismissed nearly all of the motions that Navalny had filed, including summoning Medvedev to testify. She did not allow any witnesses to appear in front of the court or review the documents that the investigation was based on.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} Navalny said that the verdict in Usmanov's favor should bring even more people to the streets at upcoming protests.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russian opposition leader Navalny loses defamation case |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-loses-defamation-case/2017/05/31/e7287200-45fe-11e7-8de1-cec59a9bf4b1_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531135744/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-loses-defamation-case/2017/05/31/e7287200-45fe-11e7-8de1-cec59a9bf4b1_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 May 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=31 May 2017 |access-date=1 June 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
== Press coverage ==
The film was covered by many news organisations from across the world, including [[RBC Information Systems|RBC]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rbc.ru/society/02/03/2017/58b7f3959a79474158912948 |title=Фонд борьбы с коррупцией рассказал о "тайной недвижимости" Медведева |author=Ilya Rozhdestvensky, Natalya Galimova |date=2 March 2017 |publisher=[[RBC Information Systems]] |access-date=2 March 2017 |language=ru}}</ref> ''[[Novaya Gazeta]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2017/03/02/71664-priem-protiv-preemnika |title=Прием против преемника |author=Aleksey Polukhin |date=3 March 2017 |work=[[Novaya Gazeta]] |access-date=3 March 2017 |language=ru}}</ref> and ''[[Vedomosti]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2017/03/03/679787-navalnii-obvinil-medvedeva |title=Навальный обвинил Медведева в скрытом владении дорогой недвижимостью |author=Rinat Sagdiyev, Olga Churakova |date=3 March 2017 |work=[[Vedomosti]] |access-date=3 March 2017 |language=ru}}</ref> in Russia. ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/world/europe/russia-dmitri-medvedev-aleksei-navalny.html?_r=0 |title=Kremlin Critic Says Russian Premier, Dmitri Medvedev, Built Property Empire on Graft |author=Ivan Nechepurenko |date=2 March 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=4 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref> the [[Associated Press]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://staging.hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_CORRUPTION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-03-03-08-45-13 |title=Russian opposition leader accuses premier of corruption |date=3 March 2017 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=4 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref> [[Bloomberg L.P.]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-03/there-s-no-separating-wealth-and-power-in-russia |title=There's No Separating Wealth and Power in Russia |author=Leonid Bershidsky |date=3 March 2017 |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] |access-date=3 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[The Rachel Maddow Show]]'' in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUJGbC_dy3c |title=Vladimir Putin Critic Takes Big Risk Exposing Graft |author=Rachel Maddow |date=3 March 2017 |publisher=[[MSNBC]] |access-date=3 March 2017 |via=YouTube |language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/02/alexei-navalny-accuses-russian-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev |title=Alexei Navalny accuses Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev of corruption |author=Roland Oliphant |date=2 March 2017 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=4 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref> [[Sky News]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/russian-pm-dmitry-medvedev-accused-of-corruption-by-opposition-activist-alexei-navalny-10788850 |title=Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev accused of corruption by opposition activist Alexei Navalny |author=Roland Oliphant |date=3 March 2017 |publisher=[[Sky News]] |access-date=4 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref> [[Deutsche Welle]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/russian-opposition-politician-navalny-links-pm-medvedev-to-billion-euro-property-empire/a-37787539 |title=Russian opposition politician Navalny links PM Medvedev to billion euro property empire |date=2 March 2017 |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |access-date=4 March 2017}}</ref> ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/03/02/premier-rusland-heeft-geheim-vermogen-van-minimaal-miljard-euro-7085743-a1548566 |title='Premier Rusland heeft geheim vermogen van minimaal miljard euro' |author=Steven Derix |date=2 March 2017 |work=[[NRC Handelsblad]] |access-date=4 March 2017 |language=nl}}</ref> ''[[de Volkskrant]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/rapport-russische-oppositieleider-schone-premier-medvedev-enorm-corrupt~a4469433/ |title=Rapport Russische oppositieleider: 'schone' premier Medvedev enorm corrupt |author=Bert Lanting |date=3 March 2017 |work=[[de Volkskrant]] |access-date=4 March 2017 |language=nl}}</ref> ''[[Helsingin Sanomat]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000005114091.html |title=Selvitys paljasti Medvedevin jättiomaisuuden: kartanot, viinitilat ja huvijahdit opiskelukavereiden ja serkun hallinnoimissa säätiöissä |date=4 March 2017 |work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] |access-date=5 March 2017 |language=fi}}</ref> ''[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.delfi.lv/news/arzemes/navalnija-fonds-publice-petijumu-par-medvedeva-bagatibam.d?id=48578327 |title=Navaļnija fonds publicē pētījumu par Medvedeva bagātībām |date=2 March 2017 |work=[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi]] |access-date=6 March 2017 |language=lv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701165156/http://www.delfi.lv/news/arzemes/navalnija-fonds-publice-petijumu-par-medvedeva-bagatibam.d?id=48578327 |archive-date=1 July 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Diena]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.diena.lv/raksts/pasaule/krievija/navalnija-fonds-publice-petijumu-par-medvedeva-bagatibam-14167121 |title=Navaļnija fonds publicē pētījumu par Medvedeva bagātībām |date=2 March 2017 |work=[[Diena]] |access-date=5 March 2017 |language=lv}}</ref> ''[[Kas Jauns]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jauns.lv/raksts/arzemes/243192-krievijas-tiesa-liek-navalnijam-aizvakt-filmu-par-medvedevu-noskaties-kamer-vel-ir |title=Krievijas tiesa liek Navaļnijam aizvākt filmu par Medvedevu. Noskaties, kamēr vēl ir! |date=31 May 2017 |work=[[Kas Jauns]] |access-date=31 May 2017 |language=lv}}</ref> ''[[Latvijas Avīze]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.la.lv/mazliet-kerts-uz-rezidencem-medvedevs-ne-kaut-kads-dimons-bet-nopietns-korumpants/ |title=Mazliet ķerts uz rezidencēm. Medvedevs – ne kaut kāds Dimons, bet nopietns korumpants |author=Reinis Helmanis |date=6 March 2017 |work=[[Latvijas Avīze]] |access-date=6 March 2017 |language=lv}}</ref> ''[[Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nra.lv/pasaule/211491-krievijas-tiesa-liek-navalnijam-aizvakt-filmu-par-medvedevu.htm |title=Krievijas tiesa liek Navaļnijam aizvākt filmu par Medvedevu |date=31 May 2017 |work=[[Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze]] |access-date=31 May 2017 |language=lv}}</ref> ''[[TV3 Latvia]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://skaties.lv/zinas/arvalstis/medvedevs-caur-labdaribas-fondiem-atmazgajis-vairak-neka-miljardu-eiro-pazino-navalnijs/ |title=Medvedevs caur labdarības fondiem atmazgājis vairāk nekā miljardu eiro, paziņo Navaļnijs |author=Aigars Lazdiņš |date=2 March 2017 |work=[[TV3 Latvia]] |access-date=6 March 2017 |language=lv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701165200/https://skaties.lv/zinas/arvalstis/medvedevs-caur-labdaribas-fondiem-atmazgajis-vairak-neka-miljardu-eiro-pazino-navalnijs/ |archive-date=1 July 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/world/nematoma-d-medvedevo-imperija-korupcija-apipinti-vynuogynai-italijoje.d?id=73924526 |title=Nematoma D. Medvedevo imperija: korupcija apipinti vynuogynai Italijoje |date=2 March 2017 |work=[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi]] |access-date=6 March 2017 |language=lt}}</ref> ''Ru.[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ru.delfi.lt/abroad/russia/fond-navalnogo-rasskazal-ob-usadbah-yahtah-i-vinogradnikah-medvedeva.d?id=73919558 |title=Фонд Навального рассказал об усадьбах, яхтах и виноградниках Медведева |date=2 March 2017 |work=[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi]] |access-date=6 March 2017 |language=ru}}</ref> ''[[Lietuvos žinios]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lzinios.lt/lzinios/Pasaulis/jis-ne-dimonas-jis-milijardierius-rusijos-premjero-kedeje/239674 |title=Jis – ne "Dimonas", jis – milijardierius Rusijos premjero kėdėje |author=Aidanas Praleika |date=2 March 2017 |work=[[Lietuvos žinios]] |access-date=6 March 2017 |language=lt}}</ref> and ''[[TV3 Lithuania]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tv3.lt/naujiena/901879/jis-jums-ne-dimonas-atskleistas-tikrasis-rusijos-premjero-veidas |title="Jis jums ne Dimonas": atskleistas tikrasis Rusijos premjero veidas |date=2 March 2017 |work=[[TV3 Lithuania]] |access-date=6 March 2017 |language=lt}}</ref> in Europe.
== See also ==
* [[2017 Russian protests]]
* ''[[Putin's Palace (film)|Putin's Palace]]''
* [[Kleptocracy]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=6679360|title=He Is Not Dimon to You}}
* {{YouTube|1=qrwlk7_GF9g}}
* [https://dimon.navalny.com/ He Is Not Dimon to You] – full story by Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (in Russian)
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