The prosecutor's office initiated criminal prosecution of the ex-vocalist of the band "Tarakany"

A criminal prosecution has been initiated against Dmitry Spirin, the ex-vocalist of the Tarakany group (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) for evading the duties of a foreign agent. This was announced on December 11 by the press service of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office.

"In violation of the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation, [Spirin] continued to distribute messages and materials in one of the messengers without indicating that they were created and/or distributed by an individual acting as a foreign agent," the department's Telegram channel said.

It is noted that Spirin has already been brought to administrative responsibility twice during the year under Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of the procedure for the activity of a foreign agent").

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This week, on December 9, a court sentenced ex-deputy Yashin in absentia to 1 year and 10 months in a penal colony (recognized in Russia as a foreign agent, included in the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists). Earlier, Yashin, through his lawyer, sent a letter to the court, where he indicated that he did not consider himself guilty, and he was in exile in the European Union.

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