The Supreme Court of Russia has refused to exempt former KVN participant, actress and TV presenter Tatyana Lazareva from arrest in absentia.*** foreign agent status. She herself spoke about this in an interview.
“We are trying to prove that I am not a foreign agent, that I am not doing anything wrong, that I am not a terrorist.” — Lazareva noted***.
According to her, after the Supreme Court of Russia refused, her lawyer suggested that she turn to another authority.
“We will go to the UN committee,” he told me. And I happily agreed.” – he pointed out.
At the same time Lazarev*** He added that he stopped inviting people from Russia to his YouTube channel.
“Because I am a criminal, I am a toxic person for those living in Russia, I understand it very well and I feel it in many ways.” – he admitted.
As reported EADailyLazareva*** She was recognized as a foreign agent in July 2022. After saying that she welcomes drone attacks on Russian cities, a tax investigation was opened against the TV presenter.
On June 13 of this year, the comedian was added to the wanted list.
It later emerged that she was wanted in connection with the initiation of a criminal case under Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for terrorism, justification of terrorism).
A linguistic verification and study of Lazareva’s words was carried out.*** about the joy of drone attacks on Russian cities. The inspection materials were sent to the investigative department of the Moscow Investigative Committee and a criminal case was initiated on May 17.
The actress was then included in Rosfin’s watch list of terrorists and extremists.
In mid-July of this year, by decision of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow Lazarev*** She was arrested in absentia. She was charged under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for terrorist activities, public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism).
*An individual who performs the functions of a foreign agent.
**An individual included in the RosFinMonitoring list of terrorists and extremists
