The Supreme Court has not considered an appeal by comedian Maxim Galkin, who fled Russia.* refusing to withdraw his status as a foreign agent. This is stated in the file of proceedings on the court’s official website.
“The transfer of a complaint or the presentation of a prosecutor for consideration at a court hearing was rejected” – the documents say.
As reported EADailyin the register of foreign agents Galkin* appeared in September 2022. He repeatedly tried to get rid of this status, which the departing cultural figures considered partly “honorable.”
Galkin’s representative* Ekaterina Zuban She explained that the decision of the Ministry of Justice to grant the comedian the status of a foreign agent affects the rights and freedoms of her client. She claimed that Galkin* She has never been and is not involved in political activities, and criticism of government agencies, in her words, “is not political activity.” She also claimed that Galkin* “He never received any organizational or financial assistance from Ukraine or other countries” and no one ever chose the topics of his speeches.
In the Supreme Court Galkin* He tried to appeal the decision of the Second Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction, which refused to exclude the comedian from the register of foreign agents.
*An individual who performs the functions of a foreign agent.
