Overview
- The Bereznikovsky City Court in Perm Krai on January 29 convicted Guseva under Criminal Code 282.3(1) for financing extremist activity.
- The court stated the fine was set at 400,000 rubles and reduced to 300,000 to credit time spent in custody and under house arrest.
- Investigators based the case on seven transfers of 500 rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation, which Russian authorities designated extremist in 2021.
- Guseva acknowledged making the donations in court and declined to testify or deliver a final statement.
- Co-defendant Irina Faizulina is due to stand trial on January 30 over seven transfers of 300 rubles, as similar donation cases have proliferated across Russia.