The Tomsk radio host Alexander Lunev was fined 570,000 rubles in the case of donations to the FBK

The Kirov District Court of Tomsk fined Alexander Lunev 570,000 rubles in a criminal case involving financing an extremist organization, Mediazona reported. Lunev was detained in this case in early August.

The investigation linked the case to seven donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation totaling 7,000 rubles. Lunev is a Tomsk radio host and IT manager.

Before the persecution, Lunev lived in the Czech Republic, where he had a residence permit. In Tomsk, he became known after he bought a 19th-century water tower from the city administration in 2012 to set up a home there. In 2020, he moved into the tower, and two years later he found a job in the Czech Republic and moved there.