An elderly woman from Pskov has been fined 300,000 roubles (US$3,250) for three donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

Pskov city court has fined 68-year-old Margarita Polevaya 300,000 roubles (about US$3,300) for making donations to FBK, reports SOTAvision.

She was found guilty of financing extremist activity (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code) for three transfers of 300 roubles each.

The prosecutor had requested a four-year suspended prison sentence for Polevaya.

Because of the criminal case, the elderly woman was added to the “terrorist and extremist” list.

“In the 21st century, it’s extremely difficult to live without bank transfers. Even to receive her pension, [Polevaya] has to go to the bank twice and sign a consent form to receive it <…> She can only be taken off this list a year after her conviction is spent,” her lawyer said in court.

Polevaya herself pleaded guilty and in her final statement also spoke about the difficulties arising from being included in the Rosfinmonitoring list:

“When I went to the bank to withdraw my pension, I started to feel unwell on the way back—I can’t even say why. It’s my money, why should I have to get it like this? <…> And what I did back then—well, yes, it was foolish. As for having any real connection with that organisation—no, there was nothing like that. I ask for leniency.”