Eugene Ponasenkov, a blogger labeled an 'foreign agent' in Russia… (понасенков · миллион · задолжать)
Eugene Ponasenkov, a blogger labeled an 'foreign agent' in Russia, owes nearly 2.3 million rubles to the Federal Tax Service following a tax audit, with the debt including penalties and reportedly not being paid despite his attempts to earn income through books and lectures.
Consensus
- Eugene Ponasenkov has a tax debt exceeding 2.27 million rubles owed to the Federal Tax Service (FTS).
- The debt resulted from a tax inspection conducted by the FTS.
- Ponasenkov is currently not paying the debt, including penalties that have increased the total amount above 2.27 million rubles.
- Ponasenkov's company 'Pervyi nauchny' has average revenue between 300,000 and 900,000 rubles, which barely covers its expenses.
- Ponasenkov is the founder, director, and chief accountant of his own company.
- Ponasenkov was included in the register of foreign agents in April 2022.
- The Ministry of Justice found in Ponasenkov's publications a notion of 'superiority of European statehood over Russia’s political system'.
Points of divergence
- Ponasenkov performed private events abroad and in Russia starting from October 2025. — vm
- The Ministry of Justice found the idea of 'superiority of European statehood over Russian political system' during a check, but did not mention the role of foreign funding or the lawsuit by historian as in vm. — vesti
Coverage (5 sources)
- Tax authorities have assessed blogger Ponasenkov with a debt of nearly 2.3 million rubles — РИАМО
- Baza: Ponaseenko owes the tax authorities more than 2.2 million rubles — Вечерняя Москва
- Foreign Agent Ponasenkov Did Not Pay 2.3 Million Rubles in Taxes — Вести
- Blogger Yevgeny Ponasek has owed the tax authorities 2.3 million rubles — data from 'Base'. — Baza
- "Zvezdach": Nikita Mikhalkov owes the FNS more than two million rubles — Вечерняя Москва