Moscow Court Upholds Fine for Rapper Legalayz
Moscow, September 9. The Moscow City Court ruled it legal to hold rapper Andrey Mentshikov, who performs under the pseudonym Ligalaiz (included in the Ministry of Justice's registry of foreign agents on the territory of the Russian Federation), administratively liable.
Consensus
- The Moscow City Court upheld the administrative penalty against rapper Andrei Menshikov (Legalayz) for violating the rules of activity of a foreign agent.
- The penalty was a fine of 45,000 Russian rubles.
- The decision was made by the appellate instance of the Moscow City Court.
- The original ruling was issued by the Tagansky District Court of Moscow.
- Menshikov was previously fined for similar violations.
- Menshikov is listed in the Ministry of Justice's registry of foreign agents.
- The case was referred to prosecutors due to repeated violations.
Points of divergence
- The Tagansky District Court's ruling was dated 25 November 2026, and the prosecution requested to open a criminal case under part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Russian Criminal Code, with a maximum penalty of two years' imprisonment. — vedomosti
- The Tagansky District Court's ruling was issued on 25 November 2025, and the article does not mention the prosecution's request for a criminal case. — vesti
- The Tagansky District Court's ruling in November 2025 was for a 50,000 ruble fine, and the previous fine was issued by the Butyrsky Court in December of the previous year. — vm
Coverage (3 sources)
- Court ruled fine for rapper Ligalays for violating the law on foreign agents legal — Ведомости
- Bringing rapper foreign agent Ligalays to accountability is recognized as legal — Вести
- Moscow City Court approved fine for rapper Ligalayz — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
- Moscow
- Andrei Menshikov
- Moscow City Court
- Moscow City Court
- Taganskoy District Court
- Russia
- Max
- Appellate Instance
- Ministry of Justice