Overview
- The Saint Petersburg City Court on November 20 granted a prosecutor’s administrative suit and labeled “Chronicles of the Reborn Arkanar” extremist material.
- Expert conclusions submitted by prosecutors said the book depicts Russia as a fascistizing state, calls for violent change of the constitutional order, and foments hatred toward Russian Orthodox Church believers.
- Court press office head Darya Lebedeva echoed the expertise and noted that the claim referenced passages suggesting Crimea could be returned to Ukraine.
- The book is a 2017 collection of Vishnevsky’s articles and notes from 2008 to 2015 on political events in St. Petersburg and Russia.
- Vishnevsky, a longtime Yabloko legislator, was designated a foreign agent in March 2024, later faced an administrative protocol over alleged ties to Golos, and resigned his city legislature mandate in October 2024.