A former employee of the Central Bank has left Russia after prosecutors requested a real prison sentence in the case concerning a donation to the FBK.

Vyacheslav Krysko, a former employee of the Central Bank and Transneft, has left the country after the prosecutor requested a four-year sentence in a general regime penal colony in the case concerning the financing of extremist activity (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). He told OVD-Info this himself.

The closing arguments took place at the Meshchansky District Court in Moscow on 13 March. Mediazona reported that Krysko did not attend the next hearing on 16 March.

On 25 March, the court suspended consideration of the case because the defendant had disappeared. Krysko was arrested in absentia and declared wanted.

The man was detained in July last year. His home was searched. While the investigation was ongoing, a restrictive measure was imposed prohibiting certain actions.

The case was initiated because of a donation of one thousand roubles (about US$11) that Krysko transferred to the Anti-Corruption Foundation on 5 August 2021.