Moscow court arrests blogger Ilya Varlamov's accounts

Meshchansky District Court Moscow has seized funds held in the accounts of blogger Ilya Varlamov (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation). On February 26, this was reported in the Telegram channel of the courts of general jurisdiction of the capital.

The report says that the court granted the investigator's request to seize the funds held in the accounts belonging to the blogger.

On May 15, 2023, Varlamov filed lawsuits with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation to the status of a foreign agent was removed, but he was not satisfied. Later, on August 14, 2024, the Second Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction in Moscow He again refused to remove Varlamov's status as a foreign agent. In November of the same year, in relation to the blogger a criminal case was opened for evading the duties of a foreign agent.