The court dismissed the administrative case of the former head of Navalny’s Ufa headquarters under the article on “foreign agents”

The Kirovsky District Court of Ufa dismissed the case of the ex-coordinator of the regional headquarters of Alexei Navalny, Liliya Chanysheva, under the administrative article on “foreign agents”. Bashkortostan Kommersant reports this.

The activist participated in the meeting via video conferencing from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 6 in Moscow.

A protocol on the activities of an NPO performing the functions of a “foreign agent” (Part 1 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against Chanysheva was drawn up after an inspection by the “Stab Foundation for the Protection of Citizens’ Rights.”

The Ministry of Justice, which conducted the audit, calculated that in the period from May to December 2020, Chanysheva, who allegedly headed the Headquarters, received more than 35 thousand dollars from Canada. According to the department, the activist violated the law because she did not send an application to the Ministry of Justice to include the fund in the register of NGOs - “foreign agents.”

During the meeting, Chanysheva and her lawyer tried to get an answer from a representative of the Ministry of Justice on what account and from whom the foreign funding was received. A Justice Ministry spokesman declined to answer this question.

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• Liliya Chanysheva is a suspect in a criminal case regarding the activities of an extremist community brought against Alexei Navalny and his supporters. On November 10, Chanysheva, who is charged with organizing the activities of an extremist community (Part 1 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code), was taken into custody . On November 21, she was transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 6 in Moscow. Four lawyers have already not been allowed to see the oppositionist.
• At the end of September 2021, the Investigative Committee announced that a case had been opened against Navalny and his associates, as well as other activists, regarding an extremist community (Parts 1 and 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). Later it became known that several other cases filed earlier against the politician and several key figures in his structures were added to this case. Currently, within the framework of one case, in addition to the article on the extremist community, there are also articles on the financing of extremist activities (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code), on the legalization of funds acquired by other persons through criminal means (clause “b” of Part 4 Article 174 of the Criminal Code), on the creation of a non-profit organization that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens (Part 2 of Article 239 of the Criminal Code), and on the involvement of minors in dangerous activities (clauses “a”, “c” of Part 2 of Article 151.2). UK). The case under the article on fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code),initiated against Alexei Navalny and his associates in December 2020, was not combined with others.
• In June 2021, the Moscow City Court recognized FBK, the Foundation for the Defense of Citizens' Rights (FZPG) and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny as “extremist organizations.”