Mikhail Savva

On 14 March and 10 April 2013, after the start of a campaign of inspections of non-profit organisations by the Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Justice and other controlling bodies, two searches took place in the office of the Krasnodar Regional Public Association "Southern Regional Resource Centre" (YURRC), of which Savva was the director: the interest of the law enforcement agencies in the activities of the organisation was related to the fact that it had received a grant "Building Peace" in the amount of 820,000 roubles from the administration of the Krasnodar region, aimed at normalising relations between representatives of the Uzbek and Tajik diasporas and the indigenous population of Krasnodar.

On 20 April it became known that a new criminal case of fraud committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy was opened against Savva: he is suspected of embezzlement of budgetary funds while receiving payments of more than 150 thousand rubles. According to the investigation, the classes declared in the training course were not conducted in full: a number of teachers who were paid a fee did not actually give lectures and did not receive money for them.

In October 2023, Savva was included in the register of "foreign agents". No later than 2025, a case was brought against him for failure to fulfil the duties of a "foreign agent". On 21 January 2026, scientist Savva was sentenced to three and a half years in absentia, taking into account the punishment for the previous case.