A businessman from Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, has been put on a wanted list over donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

Sergey Tveritin, a 55-year-old businessman from Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, has been put on a wanted list in connection with the case of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). This was reported by Mediazona.

The man is accused of transferring two thousand roubles (about US$21) to the organisation—the amount was debited four times through a recurring auto-payment. “At the time, I thought it was important to help people. I subscribed to these transfers, which continued right up to the start of the war. Even then, I felt that things were going terribly wrong in the country. But something had to be done,” Tveritin told Mediazona. He added that the case file is 250 pages, “of which 200 pages are just descriptions of how bad Navalny is.”

During an interrogation, the investigator asked Tveritin why the tiles in the basement of his house were “in the colours of the Ukrainian flag: blue and yellow.” The house was built 20 years ago. “I never hid my views. They asked what I knew about Navalny. I answered: ‘Putin killed him.’ They said I shouldn’t say that, or I’d end up with another criminal charge. They corrected me, saying Navalny died in prison. They also asked if I thought a president should be allowed to live in a palace. I said he shouldn’t, not while people still have to raise money for children’s medicine. I asked them why they were interested in me. They answered: ‘You’re the first in the city, we’re working through your case so we can pass the process to the districts,’” Tveritin said.

The person involved in the case was placed under a travel ban. Tveritin left Russia in April. “It’s hard to abandon everything and leave at 55. But I had help. I definitely don’t want to end up in a Russian prison,” he commented. Because Tveritin is now wanted, the case has been returned to the investigator.

Before the prosecution began, Tveritin ran a business: he owned a company for plumbing and engineering systems called “Uyutny Dom” (“Cosy Home”). The company has now closed.