PoliticsSt. Petersburg police detain German citizen over small donation to Anti-Corruption Foundation
St. Petersburg police detained a 41-year-old German citizen accused of transferring 900 rubles to an organization designated “extremist” by Russian authorities and searched his apartment. Fontanka reported that the organization was the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Another man, Igor Zaytsev, was jailed pending trial over a similar donation. Mediazona counted at least 225 related criminal cases nationwide by April 2026.
St. Petersburg police detain German citizen over small donation to Anti-Corruption Foundation