St. Petersburg's Dzerzhinsky District Court began hearing the case of a 69-year-old employee of the Higher School of Economics on November 2. She is charged with financing extremist activity over donations totaling 3,000 rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), according to the prosecution.
The indictment alleges that between August 2021 and January 2022, the woman made transfers of 500 rubles using two bank cards.
The case is being heard under Part 1 of Article 282.3 of Russia's Criminal Code, which concerns financing extremist activity. Russian authorities have designated FBK an extremist organization.
Mediazona, which covered the hearing, reported that the defendant pleaded guilty. The outlet has withheld her name at her request.