It's been non-stop drama at Forbes magazine's Russian edition this week after a row between editors and Axel Springer, the German company licenced to print it in Moscow.
The cover of the December edition is graced by Russia's only female billionaire Yelena Baturina, who also happens to be the wife of Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Both have successfully sued against allegations that Baturina's business success is related to her husband's position.
On Monday, Forbes released a poster advertising the edition with a picture of Baturina and the quote "My protection is guaranteed".
Axel Springer then pulled the December issue just before it was due to hit newsstands.
Forbes was furious, and demanded that Axel Springer immediately release the issue. Russian editor Maxim Kashulinsky resigned in protest, claiming that Axel had obtained an advance copy of the interview and passed to Baturina's company Inteko - in breach of Forbes' editorial guidelines.
He implied the company panicked and pulled the issue when Ms Baturina's lawyers had threatened to sue.
But the quote concerned had already been revised by Kashulinsky by the time the magazine was published, reading: "Like any investor, I am guaranteed protection of my rights."
Axel now appear to have relaxed, releasing a statement that after reviewing the facts: "We've now concluded that the issue should appear, unchanged. We decided, when in doubt, to side with the principle of press freedom."
Paul Klebinov, the American editor-in-chief of Russian Forbes, was assassinated in Moscow two years ago. That explains the jitters.
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