Overview

• Khoroshevsky District Court registered the criminal case on October 1, setting it for consideration on the merits, according to court data cited by RIA Novosti.
• Investigators said they completed the probe and assembled sufficient evidence, transferring the file for court proceedings.
• Kats is charged in absentia under Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code for allegedly evading duties required of individuals designated as foreign agents.
• He remains outside Russia, is listed as a foreign agent, was arrested in absentia, and was placed on federal and international wanted lists in 2022.
• In August 2023 a Moscow court sentenced him in absentia to eight years for allegedly spreading false information about the Russian military, with prosecutors seeking ten years and the defense denying guilt.