The violinist has pleaded guilty to making seven payments to Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation between August 2021 and February 2022
The Russian violinist Asya Sorshneva has been placed under house arrest on charges of ‘financing extremist activities’.
According to The Moscow Times and Chesnok, Sorshneva, 42, had pleaded guilty in a Vladimir-region court to donating funds to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) between August 2021 and February 2022.
Navalny founded the FBK in 2011 and Russian authorities outlawed the foundation in 2021, declaring it as ‘extremist.’ Navalny died in 2024.
Police statements reported that Sorshneva made seven payments during the period in question. In the Vladimir region, courts have typically handed down fines rather than prison terms in similar cases, even though the charges carry a maximum sentence of up to eight years.
Sorshneva is also facing separate charges in Vladimir’s Oktyabrsky District Court, where according to Mediazona, she stands accused of ’discrediting’ the Russian military.
Sorshneva is a graduate of the Gnessin Secondary Specialized Music School and the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. She is a laureate of international competitions, including second prize at the Brahms Chamber Music Competition in Austria and the Grand Prix in Chesapeake.
She has performed in numerous festivals with orchestras and ensembles, including with the ‘New Russia’ orchestra under Yuri Bashmet, Kremerata Baltica under Gidon Kremer, and musicAeterna with Teodor Currentzis. She performs with the group ’Pakhom Vam Recall.’
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