MOSCOW, November 23 (RAPSI) – The Presnensky District Court of Moscow on Monday put on hold a defamation lawsuit lodged by Alexey Navalny against the President’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, RAPSI learnt from the court’s press service.

Probably, the claim was written with mistakes or there were no all needed documents, a representative of the court said.

Navalny seeks to declare certain statements by Peskov about situation with the plaintiff’s illness untrue and defaming. He also demands refutation of the statements on the official Kremlin website. There are no monetary claims, the court’s representative noted.