Open Russia activists were fined in Belgorod and Kazan

Courts in Belgorod and Kazan fined local Open Russia activists Dmitry Yegorov, Vladimir Chernyshev and Maxim Klimov 5,000 rubles each. This is reported by Interfax and MBH Media .

All three were found guilty of collaborating with an “undesirable organization” (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). In all cases, the judges decided that the Russian movement "Open Russia" is associated with the British organization of the same name, which was recognized as undesirable.

• On April 26, 2017, the Prosecutor General's Office declared undesirable a number of organizations associated with Mikhail Khodorkovsky and registered in other countries. The list includes “Open Russia” (OR Otkrytaya Rossia) and the Open Russia Civic Movement (Open Russia) public network movement registered in the UK, the Institute of Modern Russia (Institute of Modern Russia, Inc), issued in 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.