The former head of Navalny's headquarters in Murmansk reported that she became involved in the case of an extremist community

According to Violetta Grudina, she is accused of three articles, one of which is Art. 282.1 CC.

On June 10, 2022, it became known that the former head of Navalny’s headquarters in Murmansk, Violetta Grudina, was put on the international wanted list. According to Grudina, she is accused under three articles: Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code (organization of an extremist community or participation in one), part 1 of Art. 236 of the Criminal Code (violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules), Art. 207.3 of the Criminal Code (dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation). The initiation of a case about an extremist community against Alexei Navalny and his supporters became known at the end of September 2021. In May 2022, it became known that Alexei Navalny was charged under Part 1 of Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code (creation of an extremist community).

In December 2021, massive searches took place at other defendants in the case - ex-employees of Navalny’s regional structures. At the same time, Grudina was put on the wanted list, but the article under which she was wanted was not specified. Since July, she has been under recognizance not to leave in connection with a case of violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules.

In June 2021, the court recognized the structures of Alexei Navalny and his supporters - the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), the Foundation for the Defense of Citizens' Rights (FZPG) and Navalny's headquarters - as extremist organizations; in August the decision came into force. We consider this decision to be unlawful (for more details, see here ). Soon after the ban on Navalny’s structures, a case was opened against Leonid Volkov and Ivan Zhdanov for financing the activities of an extremist organization, which we, accordingly, also consider unlawful. Navalny, Volkov and Zhdanov were also charged in a case initiated in February under Art. 239 of the Criminal Code.

Read more about our position on the case under Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code against Navalny and his supporters – here .

Sources

• The ex-head of Navalny’s Murmansk headquarters was put on the international wanted list and arrested in absentia // OVD-News. 2022. June 10.