Dmitry Tsibirev
- Criminal Code
- Article 236 part 1 applied with Article 33 part 4, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesCases against "foreign agents"Cases related to mass actions
- Region
- Saratov Oblast
- City
- NULL, Saratov
Case summary
Former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Saratov, blogger. On 30 January 2021, Tsibirev was searched as part of a criminal case for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules in connection with the 23 January action in support of Alexei Navalny. On 27 September Tsibirev was interrogated as an accused of incitement. He was given a covenant not to leave.
Later it became known that Tsibirev left Russia. In July 2024 he was included in the register of "foreign agents". In August 2025, his mother was searched in Rtischev, where he is registered, in a case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and evading the duties of a "foreign agent".
Others charged under Article 236 part 1 applied with Article 33 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
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