Updated

Russia's Interior Ministry placed Meduza journalist and podcast host Vladislav Gorin on its wanted list over a criminal case tied to 'disseminating informational materials about political and social processes.' Separately, a Moscow court issued an arrest warrant for Zhanna Nemtsova, daughter of slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who has lived in Europe for years, on charges of organizing activities for an 'undesirable' organization. Meanwhile, the FSB has resumed questioning Russian academics who signed an anti-war letter in 2022 or whose names appeared in a leaked Smart Voting database, with some universities declining to renew their contracts. Together these cases point to an escalating campaign against journalists, opposition figures, and scholars critical of the Kremlin, timed around the Duma election period.