The woman from Makhachkala was fined for transferring money to the FBK*.

The Lenin District Court of Makhachkala sentenced a local resident to a fine of 350,000 rubles, finding her guilty of financing extremist activities due to a donation of 386 rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.*

According to the court and investigation, on August 9, 2021, the defendant, while at home in Makhachkala, transferred funds in the amount of 5 US dollars to the bank account of the organization ("Caucasian Knot" can provide the name of the organization upon request)*, which amounted to 386 rubles on the day of the crime. The money transfer was made by clicking on links on the website of the banned organization.

The court claims that she did this after the organization was recognized as extremist and was liquidated by a decision of the Moscow City Court. Its activities on the territory of Russia were banned, reports the united press service of the courts of Dagestan.

During the court session, the woman admitted her guilt, however, the court found her guilty of financing extremist activities 1 and sentenced her to a fine of 350,000 rubles. In addition, 15,000 rubles were confiscated in place of a lost phone that was used for the money transfer, as well as the amount of the money transfer itself.

"The sentence has not entered into legal force and can be appealed to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan," the press service said.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that at the end of August, the Lenin District Court of Makhachkala found a local resident guilty of financing extremist activities and sentenced her to a fine of 500,000 rubles.

* included in the register of foreign agents, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia. The founder of the fund, Alexei Navalny, was included in the list of extremists and terrorists by Rosfinmonitoring, and was sentenced to 19 years in prison for extremism; he died in prison in February 2024. Navalny is recognized as a "prisoner of conscience". The material from the "Caucasian Knot" "Navalny: the Caucasian dimension" outlines the opposition leader's views on issues related to the Caucasus.

** the activities of the company Meta (which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) are banned in Russia.