A new criminal case may be opened against writer Akunin

Writer Boris Akunin (real name Grigory Chkhartishvili, foreign agent, entered in the register of terrorists and extremists) faces a criminal case for evasion of his duties as a foreign agent. This was reported by TASS on December 6 with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies.

According to the interlocutor, over the past year Akunin has twice been prosecuted for violating the rules concerning the activities of a foreign agent.

Earlier, on December 4, the Tagansky district court of Moscow brought the writer to administrative responsibility. In the form of administrative punishment Akunin was assigned a fine of 45 thousand rubles.

In December 2023, a criminal case was initiated against Akunin. The writer was suspected of public justification of terrorism and dissemination of knowingly false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces. In the same month, an author from the Smolensk region, Tatiana Vikentyeva, filed a lawsuit against the writer for plagiarism for 1 million rubles.

Later, on September 23 this year, Vikentyeva, who accused Akunin of plagiarism, called him a literary thief. According to her, he stole from her works "Cemetery Stories" and "House of Death".

In early February 2024, the Basmanny court of Moscow arrested him in absentia. The writer was put on an international wanted list. In January, the Ministry of Justice included Akunin in the register of foreign agents.