Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky and Navalny ally Vladimir Milov placed on Russia’s wanted list 

Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky and Navalny ally Vladimir Milov have been placed on Russia’s wanted list “under an article of the Criminal Code.” The wanted list is published on the Russian Interior Ministry’s website.

There have been no reports on criminal charges against Glukhovsky and Milov so far.

The ministry did not specify what they are accused of.

Dmitry Glukhovsky is the author of popular science fiction novel Metro 2033 and its sequels. Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he has published several anti-war statements, talking about the casualties among Russian troops and the killings of Ukrainian civilians.

Vladimir Milov is one of Navalny’s closest allies, he was forced to leave Russia following the government’s crackdown on Navalny-related organisations. On 6 May, the Russian Ministry of Justice placed Milov on its “foreign agent” list.

On 6 June, journalist and editor-in-chief of Agentura.ru news outlet Andrei Soldatov was added to the Russian Interior Ministry’s wanted list. Attorney Pavel Chikov suggested that Soldatov could have been charged under the article that introduces criminal liability for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army.

Earlier, Nina Belyaeva, a member of the district council of Russia’s Voronezh region, was placed on the wanted list as well. The Investigative Committee earlier opened a criminal case against Belyaeva under the “fake news” law. Ruslan Leviev, head of Conflict Intelligence Team, Michael Nacke, a Russian journalist, and other Russian activists, reporters and politicians were also placed on the wanted list under the same article.