The appeal increased Morgenstern's fine to 8.2 million rubles.

The court increased the fine to rapper Morgenstern (recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent) from 7 to 8.2 million rubles in a criminal case on evading the duties of a foreign agent. This was reported to Izvestia on June 15 by the press service of the Moscow City Court.

As specified in the instance, the fine is 8,205,985 rubles. In addition, the convict was banned for three years from engaging in activities related to the posting of information, the administration of websites and Internet channels.

Earlier, the lawyer informed Izvestia that the defense intends to achieve the acquittal of the rapper. According to investigators, despite two administrative fines during the year for violating the procedure for the activities of a foreign agent, the musician continued to publish materials on social networks without appropriate labeling.

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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 real estate 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.