Lev Shlosberg was detained around 10 a.m. when he arrived in Pskov from Moscow. After the plane landed, police approached him and asked him to accompany them.
Later, the politician's wife informed the «Agency»* that he was released from the police department at the airport, with his laptop, phone, and flash drive seized. «They can't find the page on «VKontakte», — she said. Shlosberg's page on «VKontakte» was blocked in 2022 at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office for publishing «false information» about the war in Ukraine.
The reason for Shlosberg's detention was a case regarding the labeling of «foreign agency».
The Ministry of Justice declared Shlosberg a «foreign agent» in 2023. In October 2024, a case was initiated against the politician under the article on evasion of fulfilling «foreign agent» duties. At the same time, law enforcement officers conducted searches at his home and his father's home.
* Recognized in Russia as «foreign agents».