Martynov Kirill Konstantinovich

In September 2024, a case was initiated in absentia against the editor-in-chief of 'Novaya-Europa' Kirill Martynov for leading an 'undesirable organization.' The reason for the criminal prosecution was Martynov's work at "Novaya-Eurasia" and "Free University. New Europe" ("Novaya Gazeta. Europe") was created in 2022 by employees of "Novaya", who left Russia after the start of hostilities in Ukraine. This is an independent media outlet with its own editorial policy and its own journalistic team. The General Prosecutor's Office assigned the status of undesirable to "Novaya Gazeta Europe" in June 2023. Free University" was created in 2020 by dismissed lecturers from the Higher School of Economics Viktor and Yulia Gorbatovs, Kirill Martynov and Elena Lukyanova. The Free University offers free online courses. In March 2023, the prosecutor's office recognized the 'Free University' as an 'undesirable organization.' "Kirill Martynov does not live in Russia. On November 6, 2024, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow issued a decision on the in absentia arrest of Martynov. On April 22, 2025, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow found Kirill Martynov guilty and sentenced him in absentia to 6 years in a general regime colony. The court also banned Martynov from administering websites for three years." In October 2025, the FSB of Russia opened a criminal case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky and members of the 'Anti-War Committee of Russia'. The list of individuals includes Mikhail Kasyanov, Marat Gelman, Leonid Gozman, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Sergey Aleksashenko, Dmitry Gudkov, Sergey Guriev, Boris Zimin, Yevgeny Chichvarkin, Yevgeny Kiselyov, Mikhail Kokorich, Yevgeny Kunin, Elena Lukyanova, Yuri Pivorov, Konstantin Chumakov, Anastasia Shevchenko, Viktor Shenderovich, Garry Kasparov, Kirill Martynov, Maxim Reznik, Artur Smolyaninov, and Ekaterina Shulman. The defendants are accused of violent seizure of power, as well as organizing a terrorist community and participating in it. Separately, Mikhail Khodorkovsky is accused of public calls for terrorist activity. According to the investigation, the aforementioned individuals established the "Anti-War Committee of Russia" movement in February 2022 with the aim of forcibly seizing power and changing the constitutional order in the Russian Federation. 30 April 2023 in Berlin, the movement adopted a founding document - the 'Berlin Declaration', which stated the need to liquidate the current authorities in Russia. In October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a "platform of Russian democratic forces" was created, which Mikhail Khodorkovsky positions to Western countries as a "constituent assembly of the transitional period" and an alternative to the bodies of power of the Russian Federation. Also, according to the investigation, Khodorkovsky and other founders of 'AKR' finance Ukrainian paramilitary units that are recognized as terrorist organizations in Russia and recruit people into them for the subsequent seizure of power in Russia."