Grigory Kunis
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Navalny/ACF supporters
- Verdict
- Fine
- Date of verdict
- 2025-12-08
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
- Address for letters
- 196655, Ленинградская область, г. Колпино, Колпинская ул., д. 9, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области "Кресты", Кунис Григорий Михайлович, 1967 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 4 August 2025
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Case 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.
Others charged under Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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