Pavel Bobovnikov
Pavel Bobovnikov, born 1970, Smolensk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “Pavel Bobovnikov's case of financing extremist activities”. Sentence (August 14, 2025): fine of 500 thousand rubles. Status: at large.
In brief
Smolensk Oblast · Smolensk · Extremism cases, Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters
Sentence
fine of 500 thousand rubles
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, between 23.09.2021 and 23.02.2022 the accused financed the activities of a non-profit organisation, which at that time was recognised as extremist in the territory of the Russian Federation and eradicated. It has been established that the defendant in the criminal case, using his computer, followed a link posted by unidentified persons and transferred a certain amount of money from his checking bank account to the specified foreign bank account, as well as connected further systematic debiting of funds intended to finance extremist activities. The court was informed that Bobovnikov transferred only 6,000 roubles to Anti-Corruption Foundation. The Smolensk-based telegram channel "Kolonka redaktora" (Editor's Column) wrote that the designer had set up an auto-payment in his online bank to help Navalny's headquarters and forgot to disable it after Anti-Corruption Foundation and the headquarters were recognised as an extremist organisation in 2021.
Latest event
August 14, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Pavel Bobovnikov's case of financing extremist activities
Criminal case
Pavel Bobovnikov's case of financing extremist activities
- Case number
- 1-368/2025
Thematic group: Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Smolensk, an interior designer. In June 2025, he was added to the Rosfinmonitoring's list of "extremists and terrorists". A few days later, the local Telegram channel "Kolonka redaktora" (Editor's Column) reported that Bobovnikov had been prosecuted because of Anti-Corruption Foundation donations. According to the channel, the designer had set up an autopayment in his online bank to help Navalny's headquarters and did not deactivate it after Anti-Corruption Foundation and its headquarters were recognised as extremist organisations. During the investigation, he was on his own recognisance not to abscond.
In July, the Interior Ministry announced that the case had been transferred to court. On the 14th of August, 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Israel, Russia
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