A criminal case was opened against Leonid Volkov under the article on justification of terrorism

A criminal case was opened against the former head of Navalny’s network of headquarters, Leonid Volkov, under the article on justification of terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). He spoke about this in his Telegram channel, referring to his lawyer.

“For the post that Putin is now the number 1 terrorist in the world, and we must deal with him accordingly. Thanks to the FSB for popularizing this idea!” — this is how the politician explained the reason for initiating the case.

At the moment, Volkov, like many other associates of Alexei Navalny, is abroad.

• In January, Rosfinmonitoring added Volkov and other former employees of the opposition headquarters to the list of terrorists and extremists. In May, the courtarrested the oppositionist in absentia.

• At the end of September 2021, the Investigative Committee announced that a case had been opened against Navalny and his associates, including Volkov, as well as other activists for an extremist community (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 (paragraphs “a”, “c” of Part 2 of Article 151.2 of the Criminal Code) ).