The former deputy released five videos without indicating the status of a foreign agent.
Politician Lev Shlosberg has been sentenced to 420 hours of compulsory work for evading the duties of a foreign agent. He insisted that the unmarked videos were not published by him, but by third-party resources.
The criminal case for evading the duties of a foreign agent (Part 2, Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code) against Shlosberg was initiated in early October 2024. For seven months, it was considered by a magistrate, as the maximum penalty under the relevant article does not exceed three years of imprisonment. A first-time offender for a minor crime cannot be isolated from society and sent to a correctional colony in the absence of aggravating circumstances (recidivism, severe consequences, motives of hatred, etc.) — no such circumstances were established in Shlosberg's case.
According to the investigation, from May 12 to July 31, 2024, Lev Shlosberg posted five videos on his VKontakte page without indicating the status of a foreign agent. Investigators concluded that the politician "evaded the performance of duties stipulated by the legislation on foreign agents," violating the established order of activity. The crime, according to the indictment, was committed after Shlosberg had been administratively liable for similar violations twice within a year (under Part 4, Article 19.34 of the Administrative Offenses Code).
Lev Markovich Shlosberg (born July 30, 1963, Pskov) is a Russian public and political figure, human rights activist, and journalist. He was the chairman of the Pskov regional branch of the Yabloko party (1996–2023). He is a member of the federal Political Committee and the Deputy Chair of the Yabloko party. He served as a deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly of Deputies (2011–2015, 2016–2021). In December 2015 and 2019, he ran for the position of chairman of the Yabloko party, advancing to the second round of voting in the first case, where he lost to Emilia Slabunova. He gained notoriety for his speech at a meeting of the Pskov Regional Assembly of Deputies regarding support for the "Dima Yakovlev Law" (the video of the speech garnered over 160,000 views on YouTube), as well as after publishing information in August 2014 about the deaths of two contract servicemen from the 76th Guards Air Assault Division of the Russian Armed Forces in the war in Donbas.
Nikolai Igorevich Rybakov (born December 24, 1978, Leningrad) has been the chairman of the united democratic Yabloko party since December 14, 2019.
