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Russian Court Gives Influencer Nikita Efremov Three-Year Suspended Term for Financing Extremist Activity

The verdict is not yet in force.

Overview

  • A court in the Moscow region convicted the 25-year-old under Article 282.3, Part 1 of Russia’s Criminal Code.
  • Prosecutors cited seven automated cashless transfers from August 2021 to February 2022 to the Anti-Corruption Foundation, which Russia designated extremist and later liquidated.
  • The sentence includes a three-year probation period attached to the suspended prison term.
  • Efremov had previously been subjected to a court order restricting certain actions following the opening of the case.
  • He is listed in Russia’s registry of extremists, and investigators noted the offense carries a statutory range of three to eight years.