Searches in connection with the case of the founder of the Revolt Center were conducted in 12 regions.
🔸 Against the creator of the cultural space "Revolt Center" in Syktyvkare Pavel Andreeva A criminal case of treason has been opened. This сообщает The online publication "7x7. Horizontal Russia", which Andreev also founded.
According to the FSB, since 2019, he has "maintained covert contacts with representatives of NATO countries, as well as organizations used by foreign intelligence agencies as cover for intelligence and subversive activities in Russia." Andreev himself is currently outside of Russia.
🔸 Syktyvkar security forces held searches were carried out not only at all the employees of the Revolt Center, but also at the human rights activist Igor Sazhin, who is one of the founders of the Memorial branch in the republic KomiSazhin was taken away for questioning as a witness.
🔸 It is reported that operational activities have been carried out in 12 regions of Russia as part of the criminal case on treason. At this point, it is known for certain that a search was conducted at Karelian journalist Valeria Potashova: he сообщилThey came to him because of his work at Novaya Gazeta Evropa and the case against "activists from Komi." Potashov was taken in handcuffs to the Investigative Committee and released after an interrogation, during which he refused to testify.
🔸 A search was conducted at Pavel Andreev's home as part of the case Kaliningrad journalists Ekaterina Tkacheva. Local lawyer Roman Morozov сообщилthat security forces forcibly took her from her home and she has not been in touch for more than three hours.
🔸 A human rights activist from spent almost the entire day at the Investigative Committee Irkutsk Svyatoslav Khromenkov, who also has this in the morning passed search. According to relatives, they didn't approach him like that. didn't let lawyer. The reason for the search is unknown, Khromenkov was sent home.
🔸 Searches also completed human rights activists from Yoshkar-Oly Irina Protasova и Olga VasilyevaThey are already free. The reasons for the searches are also not specified.
🔸 In addition, today in Tomsk detained Dmitry Kisiev — former chief of staff Boris Nadezhdin (This year, Kisiev planned to run for the State Duma.) The detainee was given an FSB report stating that he was "negatively affecting the political and social stability of society" and that his actions posed a "threat to national security." Consequently, Kisiev was stripped of his Russian citizenship, which he had received in 2014 as a resident of Crimea.
🔸 Belgorodsky blogger Andrey Malikov caused for questioning: they want to open a criminal defamation case against him. The reason was a post about the head of the regional Ministry of Culture. Maxim Shaposhnikov: A blogger published a resident's account of the "harsh dictatorship" at the Belgorod Drama Theater, problems at the Bylina ensemble, and the Protalinka Russian school. Previously, defamation claims had been filed by local officials, including the Minister of Communications. Oksana Tarantova, Minister of Finance Natalia Sharolapova and the former deputy governor Vladimir Bazarov. The blogger called this pressure on independent journalism and an attempt to limit discussion of sensitive issues in the region.
