Novikova Ekaterina Aleksandrovna

In Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod region, on March 25, 2024, lawyer Ekaterina Novikova was detained. She was accused of financing extremist activities. The reason for the criminal prosecution was the financing of Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, recognized as extremist." "According to the investigation, from August to November 2021, Novikov made four money transfers of 300 rubles each to the fund's address." "Before the election of a preventive measure, the woman was placed in a temporary detention center. On March 28, 2024, the Moscow District Court of Nizhny Novgorod placed the case's defendant under house arrest. September 6, 2024, the Dzerzhinsky City Court of the Novgorod Region found Ekaterina Novikova guilty and sentenced her to a fine of 350 thousand. rubles. Taking into account the time spent in a temporary detention center and under house arrest, the court reduced the amount of punishment to 300 thousand." rubles. The court released the woman from house arrest, taking a written undertaking not to leave the place until the verdict entered into force. On October 28, 2024, the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court left the verdict unchanged.