Press Release, 18.10.2024

Photo: Lev Shlosberg in the office of the Pskov Yabloko, 2023 / Photo by the regional branch of the party

On 18 October, police came to the office of the Pskov Yabloko for a search. The search was related to the criminal case on the violation of the law on “foreign agents”, in which the Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Lev Shlosberg is a suspect. All employees of the Pskov Yabloko were asked to leave the premises, except for Lev Schlossberg. Lev Schlossberg’s lawyer Vladimir Danilov arrived at the place.

UPD. During the search the police seized three personal laptops of employees, a telephone and Lev Shlosberg’s personal computer. Lev Shlosberg was not detained.

The police seized Lev Schlossberg’s personal phone, office equipment and personal laptops of Pskov Yabloko employees, despite the fact that the investigator was informed that Lev Shlosberg had a single working place in the office and did not use other equipment, as well as that seizure of the office equipment within the framework of the criminal case on the absence of a inscription on being a “foreign agent” in Shlosberg’s posts and publications was excessive.

The first searches in this criminal case took place on 2 October early in the morning. Police searched the apartment of Lev Shlosberg and his wife Zhanna, as well as the apartment of his 95-year-old father Mark Naumovich Shlosberg.

Lev Shlosberg did not admit his guilt and gave detailed answers to the investigator’s questions. He has been fulfilling all the requirements of the law related to inclusion in the register of “foreign agents” and continues to challenge the status in court. The second cassation appeal is in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

Read more about persecution of Yabloko members after the start of the “special military operation”.