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The Petrogradsky District Court in St Petersburg has remanded Grigory Kunis, founder of the iGooods grocery delivery service, in custody for two months in a remand centre. This was reported by the St Petersburg courts' press service.
The man is being charged under the article on financing extremist activity (part 1, article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). He has been remanded in custody until 15 September. According to investigators, Kunis made seven transfers to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) totalling 3,500 rubles (about US$40) before 5 February 2022.
Kunis’s wife told OVD-Info that on the morning of 24 July, he was detained at their dacha outside St Petersburg. Afterwards, he was taken for a search at their apartment in the city. Kunis is now being held pending a court decision on his pre-trial restrictions.
The outlet ZAKS.Ru reports that at the court hearing, Kunis’s lawyer requested that he be placed under house arrest due to health conditions requiring a strict diet. The lawyer noted that Kunis had admitted his guilt and had cooperated during the search and interrogation.
The prosecutor’s representative at the hearing expressed scepticism that it would be impossible to maintain a diet in the remand centre. 'Nothing is impossible, only unlikely, ' ZAKS.Ru quoted the prosecutor as saying.
Information about the place searched by law enforcement officers has been corrected. Previously, the report also mentioned Kunis’s dacha. We apologise for the inaccuracy.
- In 2021, the FBK was recognised as an extremist organisation. This decision took effect on 4 August 2021 after it was upheld by the appeal court. Transfers to FBK made after this date have been classified by the Russian authorities as financing extremist activity.