Overview
- Businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin, writer Viktor Shenderovich, economist Sergei Aleksashenko, and politician Maxim Reznik were added to Russia’s terrorism and extremism registry.
- All four are identified as participants in the Antiwar Committee of Russia, which formed in February 2022 to oppose the full‑scale invasion of Ukraine.
- Investigators previously opened a case in October 2025 citing alleged plans for the violent seizure of power and the creation of a terrorist community under Criminal Code articles 278 and 205.4.
- Authorities claim the group’s founding document speaks of the need to remove Russia’s current government and alleges financing and recruiting for Ukrainian formations designated as terrorist in Russia.
- The Antiwar Committee was labeled an “undesirable” organization by Russia’s Prosecutor General in January 2024, and media reports note the four listed figures reside abroad.