Yegor Zhukov has been removed from the list of “terrorists and extremists.”

Rosfinmonitoring has removed Yegor Zhukov from the list of “terrorists and extremists.” Novaya Gazeta Europe reports this, citing information from the agency’s register. The reason for this decision is unknown.

Zhukov had been on the list since September 2019. He was added after being accused of making public calls for extremism (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code). Rosfinmonitoring may remove a person from the list, for example, after their conviction is expunged or lifted.

Zhukov was one of those involved in the “Moscow Case,” initiated after protests in summer 2019 demanding that independent candidates be allowed to stand in elections to the Moscow City Duma. He was initially charged with participating in “mass riots,” but this charge was later dropped, and a case was opened because of videos on his YouTube channel. In December 2019, the court gave Zhukov a three-year suspended sentence and banned him from administering websites for two years.