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Head of the Free Russia Foundation Natalia Arno put on the wanted list
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the president of the Free Russia Foundation, Natalia Arno, on the wanted list. Mediazona drew attention to the wanted card in the ministry’s database.
It is not specified under what specific crime Arno is wanted. At the same time, it is known that on May 21 her name appeared on the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists. The card contains the telephone number of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Northern Administrative District of Moscow.
Screenshot from the search database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
In January, Arnault joined the Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In 2024, the Ministry of Justice included the Free Russia Foundation in the list of “extremist” organizations, calling it a “structural subdivision” of the non-existent “Anti-Russian separatist movement” banned by the Supreme Court.
The Free Russia Foundation is a non-governmental non-profit organization created in 2014 by Russian emigrants in Washington. The foundation’s stated goals include uniting the Russian community abroad, “supporting pro-democratic forces within Russia,” and working with Western expert communities. In 2019, the Ministry of Justice included the fund in the list of “undesirable organizations.”