Saint Petersburg Apartment of 'Televisor' Founder Seized Without…
The Saint Petersburg apartment of Mikhail Borzykin, founder of the rock group 'Televisor,' was seized without a court order, along with the freezing of his Sberbank account, due to a decision by a government commission on counter-terrorism and extremism. Borzykin, who lives in Montenegro, was linked to the 'SlovoNово' festival organized by art dealer Marat Gelman.
Consensus
- The Saint Petersburg apartment of Mikhail Borzykin was seized without a court order.
- Borzykin's bank account at Sberbank was blocked.
- The decision was made by the Interdepartmental Commission on Countering Financing of Terrorism and Extremism.
- Borzykin currently lives in Montenegro.
- Borzykin participated in the 'SlovoNovo' festival organized by Marat Gelman.
- No administrative or criminal cases have been opened against Borzykin.
- The measures were taken based on suspicions of involvement in extremist or terrorist financing, without formal inclusion in the official list of terrorists or extremists.
- Similar measures were applied to around 100 people connected to the 'SlovoNovo' event.
Points of divergence
- Borzykin learned about the arrest of his apartment from a registry extract, and the restriction was imposed no later than the end of June. — tg_paperpaper_ru
- The reason for freezing assets is linked to Borzykin's participation in the 'SlovoNovo' forum, and similar freezes affected other participants. — mediazona
- The blocking of accounts of cultural figures abroad became known in late July, and many of those affected are connected to the 'SlovoNovo' festival and the 'Dar' literary prize. — meduza
Coverage (3 sources)
- St. Petersburg apartment of «Televizor» founder Mikhail Borzikin arrested without trial — Бумага
- Founder of the «Televizor» group was banned from disposing of an apartment in St. Petersburg and his account was blocked by a decision of the commission on the fight against terrorism and extremism — Медиазона
- In St. Petersburg, a flat of the founder of the rock group 'Televizor' Mikhail Borzikin was placed under arrest — Meduza
Key entities
- Mikhail Borzikin
- Televizor
- Mikhail Eliseev
- Saint Petersburg
- Sota
- Sberbank
- Interagency Commission
- MR7
- Maxim Blinov
- Petersburg Apartment