In Tatarstan, an environmental activist was accused of collaborating with Open Russia

In Tatarstan, against the opponent of the construction of a waste incineration plant, Dmitry Yegorov, a case was opened on participation in an undesirable organization (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). It is reported by Idel. Realia with reference to the lawyer of Open Law Elza Nisanbekova.

The resolution states that, based on the results of a study of media materials and Yegorov’s personal page on Vkontakte, the Kazan prosecutor’s office came to the conclusion that he was a member of Open Russia.

Egorov does not agree with the resolution and indicated this in his signature under it. The case will be considered by the justice of the peace of the Vakhitovsky district. The date of the meeting is not yet known.

Earlier, Yegorov was detained in the village of Osinovo, where he came to participate in hearings on the project to build a waste incineration plant.

• On April 26, 2017, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office declared a number of organizations associated with Mikhail Khodorkovsky undesirable. The list includes the UK-registered OR Otkrytaya Rossia and the Open Russia Civic Movement (Open Russia), the Institute of Modern Russia, Inc, registered in the USA .
• The Russian movement "Open Russia" was not banned. Nevertheless, in December 2017, Roskomnadzor entered the website of the Open Russia media project into the register of banned sites. Access to the sites "Open Elections", "Open University" and khodorkovsky.ru was closed.