The FSB accused of justification of terrorism of the sociologist, Shaninka teacher and editor-in-chief of the Rabkor online magazine Boris Kagarlitsky. Lawyer Yulia Kuznetsova told TASS about this.
In the case of Kagarlitsky, today they came with a search to the psychologist Alexander Archagov, who led the streams on the YouTube channel «Rabkor» — now there are more than 110 thousand subscribers. According to the assistant, Archagov was taken away for interrogation. In the evening he was released in the status of a witness in the case of justifying terrorism.
In the evening, Kagarlitsky's daughter Ksenia also reported a search in the apartment of their family friend from Yekaterinburg, Artem Yerofanov. The man's equipment was confiscated and taken away for interrogation, after which he was released.
Kagarlitsky also regularly broadcasts about politics on the Rabkor channel and opposes the war in Ukraine. In the spring of 2022, he was included in the register of «foreign agents.»
Where Kagarlitsky himself is now is unknown. There were no posts in his telegram channel and twitter today. The last stream with Kagarlitsky on the Rabkor channel was released on July 23, it was filmed in the Moscow studio of the magazine. The guest was Moscow City Duma deputy Mikhail Timonov.
“I don't know what investigative actions were carried out against Boris Yulievich. There was some rumor that a search was going on already at night, but I cannot confirm this one hundred percent. Last night I was with him in Moscow, everything was quiet and calm, — said «Mediazona» psychiatrist and employee of «Rabkor» Dmitry Pintak. — I know the same thing about what happened that journalists know — that they came to the psychologist Alexander Archagov with a search. About any actions in relation to other employees of «Rabkor» I didn't hear it.»
Updated at 2:58 pm, 7:16 pm, and 8:35 pm. Added a comment from a Rabkor employee, information about the search in the apartment of Artyom Yerofanov, a friend of the Kagarlitsky family, and also about the status of Alexander Archagov.