Overview
- Presnensky District Court sentenced entrepreneur and blogger Ayaz Shabutdinov to seven years in a general‑regime colony and a 5 million‑ruble fine after he admitted guilt in a fraud case tied to paid “education” programs.
- Investigators opened a money‑laundering case against blogger Liza Miller, allege she evaded more than 130 million rubles in taxes in 2020–2022, plan to charge her in absentia and place her on a wanted list, and say she may be in Dubai; police sources also cite a Rolls‑Royce purchase as a possible laundering channel, and documents show she closed her Russian sole proprietorship in early 2025.
- The Investigative Committee completed its probe of blogger Aleksandra Mitroshina and sent the laundering case to court, stating she legalized part of over 127 million rubles by buying Moscow real estate after initially fully admitting guilt and later partially retracting.
- A St. Petersburg court placed two suspects, including blogger Stepan Chudin and a minor, under home arrest in a scheme that police link to about 30 fraud episodes and at least 5 million rubles in losses by extracting parents’ card data and SMS codes from children via chat bots and closed chats.
- Prosecutors opened a case against economist Vladislav Inozemtsev for evading “foreign agent” labeling obligations, and the Investigative Committee declared him wanted.