The head of the Sakharov Center was fined 3 million rubles. on ten protocols of violation of the law on foreign agents

The Tagansky Court of Moscow fined the head of the Sakharov Center (recognized as a foreign agent) Sergei Lukashevsky for 3 million rubles. ten protocols. For each of them, he was given a fine of 300,000 rubles, which is the maximum for officials. This was reported in press service Moscow courts of general jurisdiction.

The court found Sergei Lukashevsky guilty of violations in the management of an organization recognized as a foreign agent. Sergei Lukashevsky told Mediazona (the publication was recognized as a foreign agent) that the decision was made on January 20, but he was only informed of this today, January 27. According to him, the court did not notify him of the meeting, so neither he nor his lawyers were present at it.

The Sakharov Center was added to the register of foreign agents in December 2014. At the end of December 2022, the court fined the center 500 thousand rubles. for violating the activities of a foreign agent.

January 24 Department of City Property of Moscow notified Sakharov Center on the termination of lease agreements for its premises in compliance with the new provisions of the law on foreign agents. The Sakharov Center rented three premises free of charge: the building of the center on Zemlyanoy Val, an exhibition hall, and the Apartment Museum of Academician Andrei Sakharov. The center has a month to move from the museum-apartment, and three months to move from other premises.

Anastasia Larina