The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put Sergei Boyko, an independent Novosibirsk city deputy and ally of Alexei Navalny, on the federal wanted list. attention to information about this in the department’s database drew project The Avtozak LIVE .
According to the card, the politician is wanted in a criminal case, the specific article is not indicated there. He himself also does not know the specific reasons for putting him on the wanted list.
In September 2022, deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk Region and the Council of Deputies of Novosibirsk asked the Investigative Committee to check Boyko’s YouTube channel and prosecute him for “fake” information, calls for participation in rallies, “committing extremist activities” and “discrediting” the army.
The politician left Russia in November 2021 and linked his decision to the criminal prosecution of the ex-head of Navalny’s Ufa headquarters, Liliya Chanysheva. In May, the apartments of Sergei Boyko’s brother and mother-in-law, as well as his assistant Elena Noskovets, were searched in connection with the case of an “extremist community,” which was opened due to the work of the FBK.