Russia has placed Galina Timchenko, co-founder and CEO of Meduza, on its international wanted list, the country’s Investigative Committee announced on Wednesday.
The measure comes in connection with Russian authorities’ charges against Timchenko for allegedly organizing the activities of a designated “undesirable organization.” According to the Investigative Committee, its investigation has been completed and “the criminal case has been sent for referral to court.”
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The case against Timchenko first became public in May 2025. According to state investigators, in September 2024 and May 2025, the Meduza publisher posted videos online “intended to foment protest sentiment and to involve the public in the activities of an organization recognized as undesirable within the territory of the Russian Federation.” If convicted, she faces up to six years in prison.
In June, Russia’s Interior Ministry placed Timchenko on its federal wanted list, and in July, a Moscow court ordered her arrest in absentia.
The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office declared Meduza an “undesirable organization” in 2023, and the following year, the Justice Ministry designated Timchenko a “foreign agent.”
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