Overview
- The General Prosecutor's Office filed a civil claim in Moscow's Meschansky District Court to transfer the private Podmoskovny boarding lyceum into state ownership.
- The claim names Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev, and offshore entities Jensen Cort Ltd and Dayspring Group Inc as defendants tied to the school's control and funding.
- The lyceum in Karallovo, Odintsovsky district, holds about 86 hectares of land with five residential and 40 non-residential buildings valued at roughly 1.25 billion rubles.
- Prosecutors allege financing from Khodorkovsky-linked foundations and describe foreign-trained teachers, school interiors featuring Khodorkovsky, and messaging they say fosters anti-state views and supports sanctions and Ukrainian armed formations.
- Prosecutors seek asset restraints in the case after an earlier court order in October froze the lyceum's property and accounts, and the requested transfer remains pending a court decision.