Evgenii Kunin
Evgenii Kunin, born 1956. Charges: Article 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of a terrorist community and participation in it); Article 278, Russian Criminal Code (Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Scientists · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of a terrorist community and participation in it
- Article 278, Russian Criminal Code — Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
The case was initiated following the adoption of the "Berlin Declaration" on April 30, 2023, on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation of a "platform of Russian democratic forces" in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Latest event
January 1, 2025 — persecution begins
The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia
Criminal case
The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia
Other defendants in the case
- Sergei Aleksashenko — Not in Russia
- Marat Gelman — Not in Russia
- Leonid Gozman — Not in Russia
- Dmitry Gudkov — Not in Russia
- Sergei Guriev — Not in Russia
- Boris Zimin — Not in Russia
- Vladimir Kara-Murza — Not in Russia
- Garry Kasparov — Not in Russia
- Mikhail Kasianov — Not in Russia
- Evgenii Kiselev — Not in Russia
- Mikhail Kokorich — Not in Russia
- Elena Lukyanova — Not in Russia
- Kirill Martynov — Not in Russia
- Yuri Pivovarov — Not in Russia
- Maxim Reznik — Not in Russia
- Artur Smolianinov — Not in Russia
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky — Not in Russia
- Evgenii Chichvarkin — Not in Russia
- Konstantin Chumakov — Not in Russia
- Anastasia Shevchenko — Not in Russia
- Viktor Shenderovich — Not in Russia
- Ekaterina Shulman — Not in Russia
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A biologist working in the United States. He joined the Russian Anti-War Committee shortly after the war began. He is listed in the "foreign agent" registry as a participant in the T-Invariant project. On October 14, 2025, the FSB announced it had opened a case against Kunin and other members of the Russian Anti-War Committee for the violent seizure of power and organizing the activities of a terrorist group. The case was prompted by the adoption of the "Berlin Declaration" on the need for regime change in Russia.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.