Former head of Navalny's headquarters in Murmansk had his bank accounts blocked

The former head of Navalny's headquarters in Murmansk, Violetta Grudina, had her bank accounts in Sberbank seized. She reported this on her Telegram channel.

The oppositionist associates the blocking of accounts with the “FBK case.” Apparently, we are talking about a criminal case brought against Alexei Navalny and his supporters. In October, 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). In the case of a non-profit organization encroaching on the personality and rights of citizens, Grudina was interrogated in August.

In January, Violetta Grudina announced that she had left Russia. At home, she was charged with violating sanitary and epidemiological rules (Part 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code); the oppositionistwas under recognizance not to leave. In the fall of 2021, she was put on the wanted list for a criminal offense (which one was not specified).

A case under the “sanitary” article was opened against the activist in July. According to investigators, Grudina participated in the election campaign while sick with coronavirus. She was forcibly hospitalized . In the hospital, she went on a hunger strike because the administration of the institution did not hand over her documents to the election commission.

• On September 27, Violetta Grudina reported that VKontakte blocked the group of Navalny’s former headquarters in Murmansk at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
• On June 9, 2021, the Moscow City Court recognized the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), the Foundation for the Protection of Citizens' Rights (FZPG) and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny as “extremist organizations.”