Tomsk producer Elena Matushevskaya has been remanded in a pre-trial detention centre in connection with the case on donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

The Kirovsky District Court in Tomsk has remanded the producer of educational projects, Elena Matushevskaya, in a pre-trial detention centre until 29 November in connection with a case on financing an “extremist” organisation (Article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). RIA Tomsk reports this from the courtroom.

According to investigators, Matushevskaya transferred money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) seven times, totalling 3,500 roubles (about US$36). The criminal case was opened on 29 September, and on 1 October Matushevskaya was detained in Krasnoyarsk, a major city in Siberia, and brought to Tomsk. Her defence plans to appeal her arrest.

In recent years, Matushevskaya had been living in Serbia and had come to Russia for work, RusNews reported, citing “Govorít NeMoskva.” Previously, she worked at the Tomsk TV station TV2, where she was engaged in advertising and creative projects, and later collaborated with media outlets in Tomsk and Krasnoyarsk.

In August, in Tomsk, in a similar case, radio host Aleksandr Lunev was arrested. He is accused of financing FBK because of several transfers totalling 7,000 roubles (about US$72). Lunev was detained after arriving in Russia from the Czech Republic. Later, the court extended his arrest.