A resident of Kaliningrad Oblast has been fined 300,000 roubles (approx. US$3,400) for donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

A 44-year-old resident of Kaliningrad Oblast has been fined 300,000 roubles (approx. US$3,400) for donating to an organisation labelled “extremist.” This was reported in a press release from the Polessky District Court.

The court does not reveal the convicted person’s name, referring to him as A. The organisation’s name is also not mentioned, although it is stated that it was declared “extremist” by the Moscow City Court and that its account is held in a foreign bank. Earlier, Mediazona was able to find out that this referred to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.

The donation amount was 761 roubles 10 kopecks. A. was found guilty of financing extremism (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code), and fully admitted their guilt.

• On 9 June 2021, the Moscow City Court declared the Anti-Corruption Foundation, the Foundation for the Defence of Citizens’ Rights, and Alexei Navalny’s headquarters as “extremist” organisations.