Overview
- The Taganskaya interdistrict prosecutor approved the indictment and forwarded the case to court for consideration in absentia.
- Grigoriy Chkhartishvili, known as Boris Akunin, is charged under Article 330.1(2) with evading obligations imposed on designated foreign agents.
- Authorities allege that between February and August he published at least 76 items on a social‑media channel they say he controls without the required foreign‑agent label.
- Prosecutors note he had been penalized twice within the past year for administrative violations related to foreign‑agent rules.
- The new case advances alongside his earlier in‑absentia 14‑year sentence on terrorism‑related convictions.