The Ministry of Justice, at the request of the FSB, asks the Moscow Bar Association to revoke the status of eight lawyers who left Russia The Ministry of Justice has asked the Moscow Bar Association to terminate the status of eight lawyers. The only reason is their trips abroad. Lawyer and former city deputy Yevgeny Stopin* writes about it. The law allowing denial of status for departure will enter into force in 2024. According to FSB documents, Stupin left in 2023. He believes that the law cannot be applied to earlier events; This is prohibited under Article 54 of the Constitution. The FSB forwarded the list of eight lawyers to the Ministry of Justice in August 2025. It includes Karina Moskalenko, Andrey Regulin, Larisa Mob, Leonid Krikon, Nikolai Polozov**, Vadim Prokhorov*, Yevgeny Smirnov* and Yevgeny Stopin*. *- Recognized by the Russian authorities as foreign agents.
* * - Recognized by the Russian authorities as a foreign agent and included in Rosfinmonitoring's "terrorists and extremists" list.