The Moscow court prosecuted businessman Evgeny Chichvarkin in absentia

Businessman Evgeny Chichvarkin (included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents and included in the list of terrorists and extremists in the territory of the Russian Federation) was found guilty in absentia of violating the procedure for the activities of a foreign agent, he was fined 50,000 rubles. This was announced on October 23 in the press service of the courts of general jurisdiction of Moscow.

"He was sentenced to an administrative fine of 50,000 rubles," the statement said.

The case was considered by the Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow. Chichvarkin was tried under Part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of the procedure for the activity of a foreign agent"). He was given the maximum possible punishment.

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