Russia Charges Opposition Figures with Terrorism and Plotting a Coup
Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky and 22 members of the Russian Anti-war Committee.
They are accused of attempting to seize power by force and of organizing or participating in a terrorist organization, according to the Federal Security Service (FSB) and state news agency TASS.
- Charges include attempting to seize power by force (Article 278 of the Russian Criminal Code)
- Organizing or participating in a terrorist organization (Parts 1 and 2 of Article 205.4)
Those named in the case include:
- Mikhail Kasyanov
- Marat Gelman
- Leonid Gozman
- Vladimir Kara-Murza
- Sergey Aleksashenko
- Dmitry Gudkov
- Sergei Guriev
- Boris Zimin
- Evgeny Chichvarkin
- Yevgeny Kiselyov
- Mikhail Kokorich
- Eugene Koonin
- Elena Lukyanova
- Yuri Pivovarov
- Konstantin Chumakov
- Anastasia Shevchenko
- Viktor Shenderovich
- Garry Kasparov
- Kirill Martynov
- Maxim Reznik
- Artur Smolyaninov
- Ekaterina Schulmann
Khodorkovsky also faces separate charges of public incitement to terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2).
No comment from the accused is available at this time.
Author's summary: Russia charges opposition with terrorism and coup plotting.