Zaitsev Igor Nikolaevich
Zaitsev Igor Nikolaevich
Igor Zaitsev, a resident of St. Petersburg, holds a PhD in Philosophy and is Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at the Dostoevsky Russian Christian Academy for the Humanities. He was detained on August 12, 2026. The following day, a court ordered him to be held in pretrial detention on charges of financing the activities of an extremist organization.
According to the investigation, between August 5, 2021, and February 5, 2022, Zaitsev made seven transfers totaling 3,500 rubles to the account of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).