Morgenstern's defense appealed his fine of 7 million rubles.

The defense of rapper Alisher Morgenstern (recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent) decided to appeal his fine of 7 million rubles for violating the law on foreign agents after consulting with the musician. This became known on April 28.

"The verdict was appealed. We ask you to cancel it and make a new one, which (please. — Ed.) to justify. This is our consistent position," said the lawyer of the performer, Ildar Islamov, in an interview with TASS.

According to him, in the appeal, the defense pointed out violations of the provisions of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation when sentencing.

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During the debate on April 16, the state prosecution requested a fine of more than 8 million rubles for Morgenstern. The Moscow court seized Morgenstern's property in the framework of the case of evading the duties of a foreign agent. The lawyer asked to dismiss the petition, since some of the objects do not belong to the rapper, but to another person.

As Morgenstern's lawyer noted on April 16, his property had already been seized earlier, but the deadline had expired, so the prosecutor appealed to the court with a new petition. It states that the musician has a number of properties, including an apartment building and non-residential premises.

The Savelovsky District Court of Moscow has scheduled a criminal case against rapper Morgenstern for April 2 in absentia. According to the investigation, the musician had previously been brought to administrative responsibility twice for violating the procedure for the activities of a foreign agent.

The criminal case against Morgenstern under Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Evading the duties of a foreign agent") On March 2, it was sent to court.

On December 28 last year, the Federal Tax Service billed Morgenstern for more than 584 thousand rubles. The new debt appeared a few days after the repayment of the previous debt.