Mikhail Borzykin, founder of the Russian rock band Televizor, has had his St. Petersburg apartment seized and his Sberbank account blocked, producer Mikhail Yeliseyev told the Telegram channel Sota.
According to Yeliseyev, Borzykin received an extract from the property registry stating that the seizure was ordered by the Interdepartmental Commission on Countering the Financing of Terrorism and Extremist Activity. Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) notes that no administrative or criminal cases have been opened against the musician.
Borzykin currently lives in Montenegro. Radio Liberty reports that the seizure of his property and bank account may have been prompted by his participation in the independent Russian culture festival SlovoNovo. The festival was founded by art dealer Marat Gelman, who was added to the Russian financial monitoring service's list of "terrorists and extremists" in late 2024.
In the summer of 2026, several dozen cultural figures who took part in the festival faced blocked bank accounts and restrictions on real estate transactions. According to Gelman, the restrictions affected about a hundred people, though only some of them have been designated "foreign agents" or "extremists" in Russia.
The Interdepartmental Commission can freeze a person's funds and property without a court ruling if there are "sufficient grounds" to suspect involvement in terrorist, extremist, or sabotage activity. On June 10, 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing the seizure of property and assets of Russians living abroad even without criminal cases against them. The law takes effect on September 1, but blockages began as early as June.