The court replaced Yuri Zhdanov's suspended sentence with three years in prison. At the trial, the father of the ex-head of the FBK * stated that he did not intend to disown son and "no one will force him to silence." The defense side called the decision of the judge "cannibalistic", and 67-year-old Zhdanov - a political "hostage". Lawyers will appeal the verdict. The father of the former director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (the organization is included by the Ministry of Justice in the list of foreign agents and banned in Russia) (FBK, recognized as an extremist organization in Russia) Ivan Zhdanov, 67-year-old Yuri Zhdanov, was replaced with a suspended sentence for a real one. The District Court of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug sentenced him to three years in a penal colony in the case of fraud and forgery.

“The verdict on Ivan Zhdanov’s father has been changed. Three years of probation was replaced by three years of real. I have no other justice for you,” said lawyer Vladimir Voronin on Twitter.

“Ivan remains my son, I have no intention of disowning him. No one will silence him",

- said Zhdanov Sr., speaking with the last word at the trial. Ivan Zhdanov himself, we recall, was arrested in absentia in a criminal case on non-execution of a court decision and is on the wanted list.

The defense has already said it will try to appeal the verdict. “The decision of the court is disgusting and cannibalistic. Yuri Pavlovich continues to be held hostage because of his son's activities - what could be meaner, ”Voronin said in an interview with Novaya Gazeta.ru.

The lawyer clarified that the court has not yet provided a reasoning for the verdict. “When we get it, the motives of the court will be clear,” he concluded.

The former head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, also linked the Yury Zhdanov case to the political activities of Zhdanov Jr. “His persecution was undoubtedly politically motivated and related to the activities of his son,” he stressed.

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What Zhdanov Sr. was accused of

Zhdanov Sr. was detained in the spring of 2021 in Rostov-on-Don, suspected of involvement in the illegal transfer of an apartment in favor of a local deputy (he previously worked in the administration of a village in the Far North and was member of the housing commission. - Note). Zhdanov was charged under Part 2 of Art. 292 (“Official forgery”) and part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Fraud”) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In December, the Naryan-Mar City Court sentenced him to three years probation. This decision was appealed by both the defense and the prosecution.

After the verdict was passed, Zhdanov, being under house arrest, left the district and went to the Nizhny Novgorod region to visit his 83-year-old aunt. There he was again detained, the court placed him in a pre-trial detention center. His lawyer at the same time argued that the client did not give a signature.

Yuri Zhdanov does not admit his guilt. Zhdanov Jr. has repeatedly stated that the case against his father is related to his political activities. He also pointed out that no one else from the members of the housing commission that considered the dispute about the apartment was held accountable. The decision was a collegial one.

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The case against the leaders of the FBK

In September, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the creation and leadership of an extremist community - the FBK. The main defendants in the case were Ivan Zhdanov, Alexei Navalny, Leonid Volkov, Georgy Alburov, and Lyubov Sobol. In mid-January, Zhdanov was included in the register of organizations and individuals involved in extremist activities or terrorism.

Earlier, Zhdanov Jr. was also a defendant in the case of failure to remove fragments of the film “He is not Dimon to you”, filmed by FBK employees, from the Internet.

The FBK and Navalny's Headquarters (the organization is banned in Russia) were recognized as extremist organizations, their activities were liquidated. The court's decision came into effect in August, and the organizations' defense appeal was dismissed. The Ministry of Justice included them in the lists of banned organizations. In addition, Roskomnadzor blocked dozens of websites associated with Alexei Navalny, his associates and their organizations.

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