A criminal case has been opened against the editor-in-chief of the Belgrade "Afr" publication for justifying terrorism The Belgrade department of the FSB has opened a criminal case for justifying terrorism against the editor-in-chief of the "Afr" publication Nikita Permanov, the publication "Foner" reports, citing a message from the special service. According to the FSB, Permanov expressed support for the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Russian Freedom Legion, which are recognized as terrorist organizations in Russia. The FSB press release, as Lantern noted, does not provide the statements themselves, when they were made, or references to them. The intelligence service did not mention Permanov's name, but stated that the person involved in the affair was declared a "foreign agent" and "is in one of the Caucasus countries". In "Apar" itself they suggested that the basis for opening the case is a street on the YouTube channel "Time Will Punish", in which, when asked by the moderator about his attitude to the volunteer units fighting on the side of Ukraine, Permanov said that he could not condemn the Russians fighting for Ukraine. At the same time, in the same stream he stated that he "certainly condemns" the actions of the units that fired at the civilian population in the Belgrade area. ——. "Belgorod Fire" appeared in the fall of 2022. Now the publisher's Telegram channel has 170 thousand subscribers. The publication writes about the war and its real consequences in the border area of ​​Belgrade without censorship. In January 2026, Medusa spoke with Ashes editor-in-chief Nikita Paramanov about how he makes anti-war media about the border region—and how he keeps in touch with its residents.

A criminal case has been opened against the editor-in-chief of the Belgrade "Afr" publication for justifying terrorism The Belgrade department of the FSB has opened a criminal case for justifying terrorism against the editor-in-chief of the "Afr" publication Nikita Permanov, the publication "Foner" reports, citing a message from the special service. According to the FSB, Permanov expressed support for the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Russian Freedom Legion, which are recognized as terrorist organizations in Russia. The FSB press release, as Lantern noted, does not provide the statements themselves, when they were made, or references to them. The intelligence service did not mention Permanov's name, but stated that the person involved in the affair was declared a "foreign agent" and "is in one of the Caucasus countries". In "Apar" itself they suggested that the basis for opening the case is a street on the YouTube channel "Time Will Punish", in which, when asked by the moderator about his attitude to the volunteer units fighting on the side of Ukraine, Permanov said that he could not condemn the Russians fighting for Ukraine. At the same time, in the same stream he stated that he "certainly condemns" the actions of the units that fired at the civilian population in the Belgrade area. ——. "Belgorod Fire" appeared in the fall of 2022. Now the publisher's Telegram channel has 170 thousand subscribers. The publication writes about the war and its real consequences in the border area of ​​Belgrade without censorship. In January 2026, Medusa spoke with Ashes editor-in-chief Nikita Paramanov about how he makes anti-war media about the border region—and how he keeps in touch with its residents.