The prosecution has requested a fine of 450,000 roubles (US$5,000) for a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), who is accused in the case regarding donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

The prosecutor has requested a fine of 450,000 roubles (US$5,000) for Sergey Abramov, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and chief research fellow at the A. K. Ailamazyan Institute for Program Systems. This was reported by TASS, citing the press service of the Pereslavl District Court in Yaroslavl.

The prosecutor has asked the court to find Abramov guilty under the article on funding “extremist” activity (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). Abramov and his defence lawyer requested an acquittal. The decision will be announced on 11 July.

The official details of the criminal case have not been made public. However, according to information from “MK in Yaroslavl,” the charges relate to Abramov’s alleged transfer of 7,000 roubles (US$80) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). The publication did not specify when the transfer was made.

Speaking to “Kommersant,” the scientist said that he does not agree with the accusations against him and “has good reasons for this.” Later, according to “MK,” Abramov made a different statement: that the money was sent to FBK without his consent.

The scientist was placed under house arrest in April 2023. The preventive measure was extended twice, but after 10 October the investigation did not seek another extension. Abramov was released.

In November 2023, he was sent for a psychiatric examination in an inpatient facility. According to Abramov, he spent 12 days there. The examination found him fit to stand trial.

In February 2024, Abramov told TASS that he was under a travel ban.

• Until the end of March 2022, Abramov headed the Institute for Program Systems (IPS), located in the village of Veskovo, in the Pereslavl-Zalessky urban district. Pereslavl-Zalessky is a small town in the Yaroslavl region, northeast of Moscow. According to the latest information, he continues to work there as director of the Research Centre for Multiprocessor Systems.
• The scientist was also involved in the joint Russia–Belarus programme to create SKIF supercomputers, for which in 2006 he was awarded the Government Prize in science and technology.