The detention of Chernysheva was reported to the publication «Vot Tak»* by a source familiar with the process. According to him, the girl is in a temporary detention facility, and today a preventive measure should be chosen for her.
Daria Chernysheva worked as a manager for the regional media «7×7»* and was a co-organizer of the femfest in Syktyvkar. In addition, she was associated with the «Revolt Center»: her social media profile indicates that she worked there as an executive director.
In July 2024, an administrative protocol was drawn up against Daria Chernysheva for publishing without the «foreign agent» label as a member of an association included in the registry. It was about «7×7», Chernysheva herself was not included in the Ministry of Justice's registry.
Chernysheva was included in the list of participants of the «foreign agent» «7×7» in July 2023. At that time, she had not been working with the publication for a year and a half. The journalist tried to challenge her inclusion in the list of participants in court.
According to the source of «Vot Tak», she is charged with evading the duty to submit documents necessary for inclusion in the «foreign agents» registry. The maximum penalty for this article is two years of imprisonment.
The day before, the FSB initiated a criminal case on charges of «treason» against one of the creators of the «Revolt Center», Pavel Andreev. Searches in the case took place in 12 regions of Russia simultaneously.
* Recognized as «foreign agents» in Russia.