"They insist he's me": Revolt Center founder Pavel Andreev comments on the confusion surrounding his treason case.
Pavel Andreev He explained NotMoscowthat the confusion in his criminal case was revealed “almost immediately” – back in July, when searches were conducted in connection with the Syktyvkar “Revolt Center” case completed simultaneously in 12 regions of Russia.
As follows from the materials of the criminal case, the FSB saw high treason in the collaboration of Pavel Vladimirovich Andreev with the anti-war European organization "Platform". However, the founder of the "Revolt Center" Syktyvkar never interacted with this organization: his namesake from Ulyanovsk (Pavel Vadimovich Andreev), who was involved in cultural projects together with the local mayor's office and after the start of the war emigrated to Germany.
More or less immediately [this confusion became known], Pavel Andreev (founder of the Revolt Center) explained to NeMoskva. The lawyers tried to appeal and explain this absurdity to the investigator, but the FSB is strangely persistent. They stubbornly claim that he is me.
Most of all, according to Andreev, this is unfair to the witnesses who survived the searches.
The Revolt Center is an independent cultural space named after the Soviet mathematician, historian, dissident, and human rights activist Revolt Pimenov. The center opened in 2019 and hosted exhibitions of artists and photographers, lectures and master classes, film festivals and public discussions, NGO meetings, and psychological support groups for activists.
In July, its founder was accused of "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." Following this, Revolt Center was attacked, added to the register of foreign agents, and forced to suspend its operations.
Andreev immediately claimed, who considers the accusation of treason to be false and offensive.
He plans to stay in France for now.
“I’ll take the first flight home when I get a chance,” he said to "NotMoscow".