The court closed the trial of the former head of the Tomsk headquarters of Navalny to the public, citing a “threat to the lives of the participants.”

Judge of the Sovetsky District Court of Tomsk Dmitry Khudyakov, at the request of the prosecutor's office, closed the trial in the case of the former head of Navalny's local headquarters, city Duma deputy Ksenia Fadeeva, from the public. This was reported in the telegram channel in support of the oppositionist.

Representatives of the prosecutor's office said at the meeting that if the case is considered openly, this could create a “threat to the life and health of the participants in the process.”

Previously, the prosecutor’s office demanded that all hearings in Fadeeva’s case be closed because of the “Media Zones” article , but the court refused. State prosecutor Andrei Eremin insisted that the Mediazona publication, which talked about the criminal case against the oppositionist, “discloses the testimony of prosecution witnesses” given at open court hearings.

Fadeeva is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist community using her official position (Part 3 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code) and participation in a non-profit organization that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens (Part 3 of Article 239 of the Criminal Code). The reason for the persecution was her work at Navalny’s headquarters.

The detention of the oppositionist became known in December 2021 - a ban on certain actions was chosen as a preventive measure. In August 2023, her case went to trial.

In the summer of 2021, the Moscow City Court recognized the Anti-Corruption Foundation, the Foundation for the Protection of Citizens' Rights and Navalny's headquarters as extremist organizations. In September of the same year, the Investigative Committee reported on the initiation of a case about an “extremist community” (Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code) against Alexei Navalny and his supporters; later, several coordinators of regional headquarters were detained by security forces - they, like Fadeev, became accused in the “extremist” case.