The FSB reported on a criminal case against participants of the «Anti-War Committee of Russia», reports RIA «Novosti». In addition, a criminal case was also initiated against Mikhail Khodorkovsky for «public calls for terrorism».
The message from the FSB's Public Relations Center (PRC) lists the members of the «Anti-War Committee of Russia»: Mikhail Kasyanov**, Marat Gelman***, Leonid Gozman**, Vladimir Kara-Murza***, Sergey Aleksashenko**, Dmitry Gudkov**, Sergey Guriev**, Boris Zimin**, Evgeny Chichvarkin**, Evgeny Kiselev***, Mikhail Kokorich**, Evgeny Kunin**, Elena Lukyanova**, Yuri Pivovarov**, Konstantin Chumakov**, Anastasia Shevchenko***, Viktor Shenderovich**, Garry Kasparov***, Kirill Martynov**, Maxim Reznik**, Artur Smolyaninov***, Ekaterina Shulman** and «other unidentified persons».
They are charged under articles on «involvement in a terrorist community» and «violent seizure of power».
The reason for the criminal case against the «Anti-War Committee of Russia» was a declaration adopted in April 2023 and the creation of a platform of Russian democratic forces in PACE.
«Thus, on April 30, 2023, the ACR adopted a founding (charter) document of the movement in the city of Berlin, the so-called „Berlin Declaration“, which states the necessity of eliminating the current government of Russia. In October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the so-called „platform of Russian democratic forces“ was created, which M. Khodorkovsky presents to Western countries as a „constituent assembly of the transitional period“ and an alternative to the authorities of the Russian Federation», — the FSB message states.
Khodorkovsky and other founders of the «Anti-War Committee of Russia», «finance Ukrainian paramilitary nationalist units recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation, and also conduct recruitment activities to enlist individuals in these formations for the subsequent implementation of a plan to seize power in the Russian Federation by force», declared the special service.
* Recognized in Russia as an «undesirable» organization.
** Recognized in Russia as «foreign agents».
*** Recognized in Russia as «foreign agents», included in the list of «terrorists and extremists».