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On Wednesday, a Moscow court recognized FBK as an extremist organization and ordered it to cease operations.
I. Zhdanov was listed in the wanted database of the Russian Interior Ministry. It affirms that “it is requested under the protection of the article of the Penal Code.”
I. Zhdanov left Russia and is currently in Lithuania. It appears in several criminal cases in Russia, including cases of fraud and the establishment of a public organization whose activities involve violence.
I. Zhdanov, 32, said Friday that he did not know why his name was on that list. According to him, this is probably related to the “dozens of criminal cases” brought against him.
“Modern politicians, allies of Navaln, are on wanted lists or in prison,” he wrote on Instagram.
On Wednesday, a Moscow court granted the capital’s prosecutor’s office a request to recognize, ban and liquidate the FBK, the Fund for the Protection of Civil Rights (FZPG) and Navaln’s network of regional offices as extremist organizations.
Following this court ruling, the FBK declared that it would continue its work, although the label of “extremist organization” could put members of the foundation at risk of imprisonment.
In 2017, Russia recognized an extremist religious group of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Many followers of this American-born Christian movement were prosecuted and dozens of them were sent behind bars.
The FBK periodically publishes its journalistic investigations into alleged corruption at all levels of officials. Millions of YouTube views have been investigated on huge luxury properties allegedly owned by President Vladimir Putin and former President and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
These accusations made by the FBK sparked massive street demonstrations, but were quickly and brutally repressed by the police. Western leaders condemned the police actions.
The FBK also independently investigated the Navaln poisoning last summer and said his life had been attacked by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on Putin’s order, but the Kremlin denies this.
In February, a Kremlin critic was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for violating probation while undergoing treatment in Germany. He had previously been sentenced to probation in 2014 in a robbery case. He and his allies believe that these accusations are fabricated for political reasons.
Navaln’s main allies, who are still in Russia, are being closely monitored by law enforcement agencies, some of which are under house arrest. Some of his famous comrades, including I. Zhdanov, left the country.
Zhdanov’s father was arrested in late March on fraud charges. According to I. Zhdanov, his father faces up to 10 years in prison.
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