Father Leonid Volkov has been removed from the list of 'extremists…
Father Leonid Volkov has been removed from the list of 'extremists and terrorists.' Rosfinmonitoring excluded Mikhail Volkov, father of politician Leonid Volkov, from the list of 'extremists and terrorists.'
Consensus
- Mikhail Volkov was removed from Russia's registry of terrorists and extremists by Rosfinmonitoring on July 21.
- The removal was confirmed via updates to the official Rosfinmonitoring database.
- Mikhail Volkov was fined 300,000 rubles in June 2025 for financing the Fund for Fighting Corruption (FBK).
- The FBK is recognized as an extremist organization and banned in Russia since June 9, 2021.
- Volkov's alleged actions involved transferring funds to the FBK in 2021.
- A court in Yekaterinburg convicted Volkov of financing extremist activity.
Points of divergence
- Mikhail Volkov was added to the terrorist and extremist list on April 16, 2025, due to suspicion of funding an extremist organization; operational searches were conducted at his apartment. — vesti
- Volkov was detained in April 2025 by law enforcement officials in Yekaterinburg on suspicion of financing FBK. The case is under consideration for criminal prosecution under Article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code. — vedomosti
- The prosecutor requested a fine of 600,000 rubles instead of 300,000; the amount transferred was reported as up to one thousand rubles by investigators. — vm
- Volkov was convicted in a court in Yekaterinburg for financing extremist activity and fined 300,000 rubles; the transfer involved two payments totaling 2,000 rubles. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- In March 2024, Leonid Volkov was attacked in Vilnius with tear gas and a hammer. — vm
Coverage (6 sources)
- Father of foreign agent Volkov removed from terrorist and extremist lists — Вести
- Father of Leonid Volkov removed from list of 'extremists and terrorists' — SOTAvision
- Father of former FBC head Volkov removed from list of terrorists and extremists — Ведомости
- Father Leonid Volkov removed from list of 'extremists and terrorists' — Дождь (Telegram)
- Father of Leonid Volkov excluded from list of terrorists and extremists — Вечерняя Москва
- Mikhail Volkov, father of foreign agent Leonid Volkov, removed from Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists — РИА Новости (Telegram)
Key entities
- Leonid Volkov
- Rosfinmonitoring
- Russia
- FBK
- Yekaterinburg
- Mikhail
- Moscow
- Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Foundation for Fighting Corruption
- Sverdlovsk
- Kirovsky District Court
- Volkov Mikhail Vladimirovich
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