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2025
Arrest in case of donation to extremist organization
On July 25, 2025, the Petrograd District Court of St. Petersburg arrested Grigory Kunis, co-founder and manager of the iGooods grocery delivery service. He is suspected of financing the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK), which is recognized as an extremist organization (activities in Russia are prohibited).
According to investigators, Kunis transferred the amount of 3500 rubles to FBK: this happened no later than February 5, 2025. The suspect was said to have realised the fund had been liquidated "in connection with extremist activity." The message of the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg says that Kunis followed the link "deliberately intended to finance extremist activities, including to ensure the activities of this extremist organization."
Kunis was detained on July 24, 2025. The case file refers to the commission of a crime under Part 1 of Art. 282.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - the provision or collection of funds or the provision of financial services, knowingly intended to finance the organization, preparation and commission of at least one of the extremist crimes or to ensure the activities of an extremist community or extremist organization. Such acts are punishable by a fine in the amount of 300 thousand to 700 thousand rubles or in the amount of the convict's salary or other income for a period of two to four years, or imprisonment for a period of 3 to 8 years.
As noted, Kunis asked to choose a preventive measure for him in the form of house arrest. It is said that the man has health problems that require adherence to a strict diet, which cannot be maintained in a pre-trial detention center. However, the court ordered that he be remanded in custody. The detainee's lawyer noted that his client pleaded guilty, assisted in the search and testified.[1]
Court verdict - 350 thousand rubles in the case of financing extremist activities
On December 8, 2025, the Petrograd District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced in a criminal case against Grigory Kunis. The founder of the iGooods grocery delivery service was released from custody in the courtroom after 4 months in jail. The punishment was imposed in the form of a fine of 350 thousand rubles.
According to the Fontanka newspaper, Kunis was found guilty of committing a crime under Part 1 of Art. 282.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (financing extremist activities). The state prosecutor requested that he be sentenced to 6 years in prison. During the trial, the defense, as well as the accused himself, argued that the requested punishment was disproportionate.
Kunis pointed to his significant contribution to the economy in the form of tax deductions. According to the entrepreneur's calculations, the state received about 100 thousand rubles every day from his legal entrepreneurial activity until the moment of detention.
In a comment to Fontanka, Kunis said that the judge, imposing a fine, "saved the prosecutor's office from damage to the state of at least 200 million rubles," which could arise if he was imprisoned for the proposed period. He also described the pre-sentence psychological state as a period of intense stress and uncertainty, comparable to "fortune-telling on coffee grounds."
Grigory Kunis was detained on July 24, 2023. The basis for criminal prosecution was seven bank transactions of 500 rubles each, which the investigation qualified as financing the Anti-Corruption Fund, an organization recognized as extremist in Russia.
The entrepreneur did not deny the fact of the transfers, but expressed his readiness to cooperate with the investigation. In the pre-trial detention center, according to him, he was practically isolated from external information, not having access to TV, radio or an operational press.
As noted by "Fontanka," the trial attracted public attention; dozens of people came to the meetings in support of Kunis, including friends, colleagues and relatives. The announcement of the decision on the fine, instead of imprisonment, was met with applause in the hall.[2]
Departure from Russia
In December 2025, the founder of the iGoods grocery delivery service, Grigory Kunis, announced that he had left Russia. A court in St. Petersburg found him guilty under the article on financing extremist activities for donations to the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK - recognized as an extremist organization and foreign agent, banned in Russia) for a total of 3.5 thousand rubles. He was fined 350 thousand rubles. The prosecutor asked for 6 years in prison. According to Kunis, the prosecutor's office filed an appeal against his sentence, as it considered the punishment unfair due to his "excessive leniency."[3]
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