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Russian Authorities Search Home of Astra Founder’s Mother in Military ‘False Information’ Case

Investigators cite a wartime censorship offense that carries a potential 10-year prison term.

Overview

  • Law enforcement searched the Ulyanovsk apartment of Anastasia Chumakova’s mother on Friday as part of a criminal case.
  • FSB agents, police, and investigators reviewed personal messages, seized electronic devices, and questioned her as a witness.
  • Authorities accuse Chumakova of disseminating “false information” about the Russian military under wartime provisions.
  • The outlet said Chumakova lives abroad and has not been registered at her mother’s address for more than a decade.
  • Russia labeled Astra a “foreign agent” last October, and a local court fined Chumakova 35,000 rubles in March over registration rules.