Philosopher and university teacher in St. Petersburg Igor Zaitsev was sentenced in absentia to 3 years of suspended imprisonment for donating 3,500 rubles to FBK Kuibyshevsky District Court in St. Petersburg found Igor Zaitsev guilty under Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Financing of Extremist Activities) and sentenced him to 3 years of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of two years. "In the decision of the court in the city of Moscow dated June 9, 2021, which entered into force on August 4, 2021, the association FBK was recognized as an extremist organization and was eliminated. The court found that on August 5, 2021, Zaitsev, being in an apartment on Nevsky Prospekt, after watching the F-pro-FK association on his laptop. website and issued a monthly transfer of 500 rubles from his card from August 5, 2021 to February 5, 2022, money was transferred. Therefore, Zaitsev, acting on purpose, transferred funds intended to finance extremist activities, including supporting the activities of an extremist organization - NGO FBK in the total amount of 3,500 rubles," the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg said in a statement. It says that Zaitsev "completely admitted his guilt, explained that now he no longer supports the activities of the organization, his worldview has changed." The court also confiscated "property worth 3,500 rubles" owned by the state. Before his arrest, Igor Zaitsev worked as an associate professor at the Stasis Center for Practical Philosophy at the European University in St. Petersburg (EUSP) and as the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at the Christian Russian Humanitarian Academy named after F.M. Dostoevsky (RHHA). His positions are listed on the EUSP profile (after his arrest, access to the page is prohibited) and on the RHGA website (still available). In addition, Zaitsev taught at the St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation. Zaitsev's arrest became known on August 12.

Philosopher and university teacher in St. Petersburg Igor Zaitsev was sentenced in absentia to 3 years of suspended imprisonment for donating 3,500 rubles to FBK Kuibyshevsky District Court in St. Petersburg found Igor Zaitsev guilty under Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Financing of Extremist Activities) and sentenced him to 3 years of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of two years. "In the decision of the court in the city of Moscow dated June 9, 2021, which entered into force on August 4, 2021, the association FBK was recognized as an extremist organization and was eliminated. The court found that on August 5, 2021, Zaitsev, being in an apartment on Nevsky Prospekt, after watching the F-pro-FK association on his laptop. website and issued a monthly transfer of 500 rubles from his card from August 5, 2021 to February 5, 2022, money was transferred. Therefore, Zaitsev, acting on purpose, transferred funds intended to finance extremist activities, including supporting the activities of an extremist organization - NGO FBK in the total amount of 3,500 rubles," the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg said in a statement. It says that Zaitsev "completely admitted his guilt, explained that now he no longer supports the activities of the organization, his worldview has changed." The court also confiscated "property worth 3,500 rubles" owned by the state. Before his arrest, Igor Zaitsev worked as an associate professor at the Stasis Center for Practical Philosophy at the European University in St. Petersburg (EUSP) and as the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at the Christian Russian Humanitarian Academy named after F.M. Dostoevsky (RHHA). His positions are listed on the EUSP profile (after his arrest, access to the page is prohibited) and on the RHGA website (still available). In addition, Zaitsev taught at the St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation. Zaitsev's arrest became known on August 12.