The prosecutor's office in Moscow demanded that a criminal case be opened against human rights activist Anna Kartnikova under two articles at the same time - evading the duties of a "foreign agent" and participating in the activities of an "extremist organization". The department did not specify which organization we are talking about. Kartnikova herself claims that the accusation may be related to her past collaboration with Zharmon. In an interview with SOTA, Kartnikova said she expected criminal prosecution, but was surprised by two articles at once. Now she lives in France and worries mainly for her loved ones who remain in Russia. "I couldn't understand: how am I against Russia? " - says Kartnikova, recalling why many years ago she refused to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights after she was arrested at a demonstration. "Well, now it turns out that I am, no longer in my youth, a known enemy of Russia in all respects. I have never been able to escape from it, although it seems to me that I have always been in favor of Russia," says the human rights activist. Read the interview here >> Photo: Yevgenia Zholanova / Prabmir.

The prosecutor's office in Moscow demanded that a criminal case be opened against human rights activist Anna Kartnikova under two articles at the same time - evading the duties of a "foreign agent" and participating in the activities of an "extremist organization". The department did not specify which organization we are talking about. Kartnikova herself claims that the accusation may be related to her past collaboration with Zharmon. In an interview with SOTA, Kartnikova said she expected criminal prosecution, but was surprised by two articles at once. Now she lives in France and worries mainly for her loved ones who remain in Russia. "I couldn't understand: how am I against Russia? " - says Kartnikova, recalling why many years ago she refused to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights after she was arrested at a demonstration. "Well, now it turns out that I am, no longer in my youth, a known enemy of Russia in all respects. I have never been able to escape from it, although it seems to me that I have always been in favor of Russia," says the human rights activist. Read the interview here >> Photo: Yevgenia Zholanova / Prabmir.