St. Petersburg police detain German citizen over small donation to Anti-Corruption Foundation
St. Petersburg police detained a 41-year-old citizen of a European country on suspicion of transferring 900 rubles to an organization that Russian authorities have designated “extremist,” the regional department of the Internal Affairs Ministry announced.
St. Petersburg police arrested a 41-year-old German citizen on suspicion of donating 900 rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation, an organization deemed "extremist" by Russian authorities. Police searched the suspect's apartment and seized electronic devices, though the specific organization was not identified. The suspect, Igor Zaytsev, a 58-year-old academic, was detained on August 12.
He was charged with transferring 3,500 rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation and was placed under pretrial detention by a court. According to independent Russian news outlet Mediazona, at least 225 criminal cases were filed across Russia by April 2026 regarding donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation since its ban in August 2021.
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