In various cities of Russia, artists were searched who might be involved in the case of treason against Pyotr Verzilov, publisher of the Mediazona media (the organization is included in the list of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice). In this respect reported Telegram channel “Attention, news.”
According to the channel, searches were carried out on Verzilov’s mother, Pussy Riot band member Rita Flores, members of the Yav art group and artist Filipenzo’s friend who left Russia.
In addition, after a search in Yekaterinburg, the artist Ilya Mozgi was detained, and in Ulyanovsk Ilya Kholtov, whose paintings and system unit were seized, was detained. FSB officers, St. He came to St. Petersburg in search of the artist Katrin Nenasheva and her friend Natasha Chetverio.
Pyotr Verzilov (known as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) at the beginning of October 2023 left “Mediazona” for its participation in the conflict in Ukraine on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On November 3, 2023, the Moscow Basmanny Court sentenced the publisher of Mediazona in absentia to 8.5 years in a general regime colony. He was also banned from managing Internet resources for four years. Verzilov’s defenders also insisted on his innocence and called for his client’s acquittal.
March 11 Moscow City Court It is cancelled Penalty imposed for procedural violations.
previous attempt left no change, arrest in absentia of Alexei Panin.