Evgeny Zateyev

Coordinator of the anti-war movement "Vesna". He was detained in St. Petersburg on 7 May 2022 after searches and taken to Moscow. On 10 May, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions in the case of participation in the activities of NGOs that infringe on the rights of citizens, because of his involvement in the movement "Vesna". In May 2023, Zateyev was reclassified from participation in NPO activities to creation of such an organisation. On 6 June 2023, Zateyev was again detained in St. Petersburg after a search and taken to Moscow. Here he was charged with the creation of an extremist community and dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory by a group of persons. On 8 June, he was taken into custody. In October 2023, Zateyev was fined 30 thousand rubles because of the lack of "foreign agent" labelling on his publications (part 4 of article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). According to Roskomnadzor, Zateyev published posts on the Vesna movement's Telegram channel, which was recognised as a "foreign agent", without the appropriate markings. The criminal cases were merged. Zateyev initially admitted the guilt, but on 16 October 2024 he retracted it. According to him, he did not testify against the other defendants in the cases, but betrayed his ideals, including calling the anti-war movement "an anti-Russian policy financed and managed by political forces from Ukraine".