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In the Kostroma region, a search came to the house of the mother of the former head of Navalny's headquarters, Alexander Zykov.
In the Kostroma region, security forces came to search the house of the mother of the ex-head of Navalny’s headquarters in Kostroma and Saratov, Alexander Zykov. He himself told OVD-Info about this.
According to Zykov, the search began a couple of hours after the announcement of the resumption of work at Navalny’s headquarters in Russia.
It is not yet known in what criminal case the search is being carried out.
This is not the first time this has happened to Zykov’s mother; on September 8, employees of the Investigative Committee came to her home, allegedly to serve a summons in a criminal case. Moreover, the summons was issued to the ex-coordinator’s grandmother, who died ten years ago. In the conversation, the investigator mentioned the place of work of the activist’s mother and hinted at her possible dismissal.
pressure Zykov is currently in the Netherlands. Two criminal cases have been opened against him under the article on “fakes” about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code): one in May due to a publication about soldiers from the Kostroma Airborne Regiment who died in Ukraine, the other in July due to a post in which activist correspondence with a friend from Ukraine. In the messages, the girl talked about how she and her family were sheltering from shelling.
was put on the federal wanted list and published on September 6. Zykov
The security forces have completed a search of Zykov’s mother. She is in the status of a witness in one of the cases against a politician about “fakes” about the Russian army. Alexander Zykov himself reported this.
October 5 00:05 - October 4, associates of Alexei Navalny - Leonid Volkov and Ivan Zhdanov about the resumption of work of Navalny's headquarters throughout Russia. announced - June 9, 2021 by the Moscow City Court, the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), the Foundation for the Defense of Citizens' Rights (FZPG) and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny as extremist organizations. An appeals court later upheld this decision. After this, supporters of the opposition politician began to leave Russia en masse. admitted - Since February 24 - the first day of the “special operation” in Ukraine - residents of Russian cities have been going out to anti-war rallies every day and talking about the tragedy online. Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 280 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our.
guide - Article 207.3 (Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation) into the Criminal Code in March 2022 - this is how the authorities responded to anti-war speeches and statements, as well as the dissemination of information about the war that does not come from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty under this article is 15 years in prison.