Overview
- The hearing is taking place at Moscow’s Dorogomilovsky District Court without the London‑based businessman present.
- Prosecutors asked for eight years under Article 207.3 for allegedly spreading false information about the Russian military and 1.5 years under Article 330.1 for evading foreign‑agent obligations.
- The state also requested a five‑year prohibition on administering websites.
- Investigators say the case stems from his August 2024 Instagram post sharing the Anti‑War Committee’s statement on the July 2024 strike on Kyiv’s Okhmatdet children’s hospital.
- The defense sought to return the case to prosecutors or secure an acquittal, citing improper notification, while Chichvarkin remains under in‑absentia arrest and on Rosfinmonitoring’s terrorist and extremist list after his 2022 foreign‑agent designation.