Mikhail Volkov
Mikhail Volkov, born 1955, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “Mikhail Volkov's case on financing extremist activities”. Sentence (October 2, 2025): A fine of 300 thousand roubles. Status: at large.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Yekaterinburg · Scientists · Extremism cases, Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters
Sentence
A fine of 300 thousand roubles
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Latest event
July 21, 2026 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Mikhail Volkov's case on financing extremist activities
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Mikhail Volkov's case on financing extremist activities
- Case number
- 1-408/2025
Thematic group: Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Yekaterinburg, mathematician. Father of Leonid Volkov, one of the leaders of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On the 3rd of April, 2025, Volkov Sr. was searched. It became known that a case on financing extremist activities was opened against him in connection with the transfer of money to the ACF.
On the 2nd of October, 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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