The prosecutor's office demanded to open a criminal case against the human rights activist Anna Kartnikova - she has been cooperating with Memorial for many years. Kartnikova is suspected of evading his role as a "foreign agent" and participating in the activities of an extremist organization. According to the prosecutor's office, Kratnikova, being outside of Russia, distributed materials without the "foreign agent" label, for which she was previously given administrative fines. In addition, she was accused of distributing materials from the extremist organization she is a member of. It is not specified which extremist organization we are talking about, but in 2026 Zikr was declared as such an organization. ——. Anna Kratnikova is one of the most famous Russian human rights activists. In addition to working at Zikhron, with which she has collaborated since 2002, Kratnikova worked for eight years at the Public Oversight Committee (POC) of Moscow. In addition, since 2016, she is a leading analyst in the Moscow Department of the Federal Correctional Service. In January 2023, Kratnikova was suspended from her job at the Federal Correctional Service, after which she left Russia.