A Nalchik resident was fined for funding the Anti-Corruption Foundation*.

A court sentenced a Nalchik resident to a fine of 400,000 rubles, finding her guilty of financing extremist activity. The woman claimed she transferred the money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation* by mistake.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, in May the court sentenced Krasnodar resident Dmitry Dyba, accused of financing an extremist organization for donating 1,000 rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation*, to eighteen months of forced labor.

A court fined a 26-year-old Syrian woman living in Nalchik 400,000 rubles for making a donation to the Anti-Corruption Foundation*, Gazeta Yuga reported today.

According to case materials, in August 2021, the woman clicked on a link under a YouTube video and then transferred 900 rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation* account. The defendant admitted to the transfer, but stated that she "never understood politics," and that she learned of the existence of Alexei Navalny and the FBK* from operatives after her arrest.

In her testimony during the investigation, she claimed that she paid for electronic plane tickets to Turkey and may have accidentally clicked on the link, the publication writes.

* The Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) is included in the register of foreign agents, designated as extremist, and banned in Russia. The foundation's founder, Alexei Navalny, was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of extremists and terrorists and was sentenced to 19 years in prison for extremism. He died in prison in February 2024. Navalny is recognized as a "prisoner of conscience." The "Caucasian Knot" article "Navalny: The Caucasian Dimension" outlines the opposition leader's views on issues related to the Caucasus.

** Meta (which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) is banned in Russia.