Another criminal case for financing an "extremist" organization was initiated against Khanty-Mansiysk resident Valery Ledkov on April 1, reported "OVD-Info"** his lawyer Pavel Rusakov.
This time, Ledkov was charged with transferring 1800 rubles to FBK from September 5, 2021, to February 5, 2022. The previous case under the same article was initiated on December 24, 2024, due to a donation of 300 rubles to FBK. Since December 28, 2024, the man has been under house arrest.
In June 2024, Ledkov's son Konstantin faced criminal prosecution: he was beaten by fellow villagers, and then, to avoid punishment, they reported Ledkov for glorifying Ukraine. The young man was charged with articles on repeated "discrediting" of the army, calls for "activities directed against state security," and repeated propaganda of "prohibited symbols." The court sent him to a pre-trial detention center.
Valery Ledkov himself was searched at the end of February under the article on financing an "extremist" organization. Two computers and SIM cards were seized. He was placed under house arrest as a preventive measure because he is a visually impaired person of group II.
Before this, Valery had twice encountered Khanty-Mansiysk law enforcement. In April 2021, he and his wife were detained and fined 10,000 rubles each for participating in a rally in support of Alexei Navalny***.
The second time, Valery was fined 35,000 rubles for "discrediting" the army in April 2022. "Posted on the internet on his social page the silhouette 'NO TO WAR,' thereby distorting and discrediting the tasks of using the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation," — stated in the court decision on this case.
* Recognized in Russia as an "extremist" organization.
** Recognized in Russia as a "foreign agent."
*** Included in the list of "terrorists and extremists."