Russian Court Arrests Journalist Alexander Nevzorov In Absentia

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Mediazona stated this, citing the press service of St. Petersburg's courts, according to Ukrinform.

Nevzorov was sentenced to two months in pre-trial detention, starting from the moment of his extradition to Russia or his detention on Russian territory.

A criminal case over financing extremism was opened against the publicist and his wife, Lidiya, in May 2025 over the collection of donations for themselves. According to investigators, the Nevzorovs, having been designated an "extremist association," published "links for collecting funds to achieve the association's goals" on their social media accounts.

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After the Nevzorovs were designated an "extremist association" in 2024, a court ordered their plots of land, house and other property to be transferred to the state.

In February 2025, a court also confiscated an apartment belonging to Nevzorov's mother-in-law, Natalia Kolesnikova.

In April 2022, Russia's Justice Ministry designated Nevzorov a "foreign agent."

In 2023, Nevzorov was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison in a case involving alleged military "fake news" over texts and videos about crimes committed by Russian troops in Mariupol and Bucha.

As Ukrinform reported, in July 2024, a court in St. Petersburg designated Alexander and Lidiya Nevzorov as an "extremist association" and banned their activities in Russia, while also ordering the confiscation of their property.

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