The prosecutor's office asked to open a case against Mikhail Zygar, a foreign agent.

An investigation has been initiated against journalist and writer Mikhail Zygar (recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent) on suspicion of systematic violation of the rules of the foreign agent's activities and cooperation with an undesirable organization. This was announced on October 22 by the Moscow Prosecutor's Office.

"It has been established that Zygar, who was recognized as a foreign agent, was previously subjected to administrative punishment for violating the procedure for the activities of a foreign agent (art. 19.34 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation). At the same time, being outside the Russian Federation, he continued, in violation of the established procedure," the prosecutor's office wrote in the Maks messenger.

The materials of the inspection conducted by the Zamoskvoretsky interdistrict prosecutor have been sent to the investigative authorities. The Agency insists on initiating criminal cases under Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Evading the duties of a foreign agent") and Part 1 of Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organizing the activities of a foreign organization undesirable in Russia").

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In July 2024, the Basmanny Court of Moscow sentenced Zygar in absentia to eight years and six months in a penal colony on charges of publicly spreading false information about the Russian army. The court deprived him of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites for a period of four years.