Ufa dismissed the case on violation of the law on foreign agents against the ex-coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters Lilia Chanysheva

The Kirovsky District Court of Ufa terminated the criminal case against the ex-coordinator of the local headquarters of Navalny, Lilia Chanysheva, who was charged with carrying out the activities of a non-profit organization performing the functions of a foreign agent, not included in the register of non-profit foreign agents (part 1 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation), transfers “New Newspaper”.

According to lawyer Ramil Gizatullin, the proceedings were terminated on the basis of clause 9, part 1 of Art. 24.5 of the Administrative Code. The specific reasons for the termination are not specified.

The protocol on Chanysheva was drawn up on the basis of the materials of an unscheduled inspection of the “Shtab” Foundation for the Protection of Citizens’ Rights, which was carried out by the Department of the Ministry of Justice in Bashkiria from June 16 to July 13. In the materials of the case, Chanysheva is indicated as the director of this fund. Then it was established that Chanysheva had allegedly received over $ 35,300 from Canada through the Zolotaya Korona payment system from May to December 2020, thereby violating the requirements of the law. Chanyshev without sending an application to the Ministry of Justice on the inclusion of the fund in the register of non-profit organizations-foreign agents.

Chanysheva was detained on November 9 after many hours of interrogation and search. She was charged under five criminal articles: Part 2 of Art. 151.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (involving minors in the commission of actions that pose a danger to the life of a minor, part 4 of Art. 174 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (laundering of money or other property acquired by other persons by criminal means), Part 2 of Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (production, storage, transportation or sale of goods and products, performance of work or provision of services that do not meet safety requirements), part 1, part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of an extremist community), part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (financing of an extremist Only under “extremist” articles she faces eight years in prison.

The investigator insisted that Chanysheva be detained on the grounds that she might abscond and obstruct the proceedings. He said that this was confirmed by some information from the operatives. According to a report published by lawyer Vladimir Voronin, the investigator “received information” that Chanysheva allegedly plans to secretly leave the country.

Lilia Chanysheva, in response to a petition for her in custody, stated that she was “apparently in an early pregnancy.” This did not affect the court’s decision. Referee authorized arrest of a former opposition activist in just 20 minutes.

On December 3, Chanysheva’s husband Almaz Gatin told The Insider that he and his wife had been planning a child since the summer, and at the time of their arrest they had “every reason to believe” that she was pregnant. “When the time came, examinations were carried out and tests were submitted, and, unfortunately, the pregnancy was not confirmed,” Gatin said.