Grigory Kunis
Grigory Kunis, born 1967, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “Grigory Kunis's case of financing extremist activities”. Sentence (December 8, 2025): a fine of 500,000 rubles, reduced to 350,000 rubles taking into account the time spent in custody. Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 4, 2025.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters
Sentence
a fine of 500,000 rubles, reduced to 350,000 rubles taking into account the time spent in custody
Upheld March 19, 2026
Charges
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
The investigation believes that an unidentified person, no later than 05.02.2022, aware that the non-profit organisation ACF had been liquidated in connection with extremist activities, in order to provide funds to ensure the activities of the said organisation, followed a link knowingly intended to finance extremist activities, including to ensure the activities of the said extremist organisation, transferring 3,500 roubles to the non-profit organisation ACF.
Latest event
March 19, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 4, 2025
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
Grigory Kunis's case of financing extremist activities
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Grigory Kunis's case of financing extremist activities
- Case number
- 1-425/2025
Thematic group: Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases
Details and sources
Full summary
Businessman from St. Petersburg, founder of the iGooods delivery service, former owner of the newspaper Moi rayon. On 24 July 2025, he was detained in a case of financing extremist activities through donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. According to the investigation, from August 2021 to February 2022, he made seven transfers to the FBK in the amount of 3,500 rubles. The day after his arrest, the court remanded Kunis in custody.
On 8 December 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles. Taking into account the time spent in custody, the amount was reduced to 350 thousand.
Shortly after the verdict was announced, it became known that Kunis had left Russia.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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