The fine for a St Petersburg resident in the FBK donation case has been increased to 600,000 roubles (approx. US$6,600).

The St Petersburg City Court has toughened the sentence for Oleg Smirnov, who is accused of financing extremist activity (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code), upon appeal. His lawyer, Sergey Podolsky, told OVD-Info about this.

In the initial trial, Smirnov was fined 350,000 roubles (about US$3,900). The prosecutor had requested five years in prison.

On appeal, the court removed the mitigating circumstance of active cooperation with the investigation from the verdict and increased the fine to 600,000 roubles (about US$6,700).

The case against the St Petersburger was initiated over seven donations of 1,000 roubles (about US$11) each to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. After being detained, he admitted guilt.