Moscow Prosecutor’s office demands to open criminal case against foreign agent Kasyanov

The Prosecutor’s office of Moscow demands to initiate a criminal case on evasion from the duties of a foreign agent against former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (recognized as a foreign agent). The ex-official has already been brought to administrative responsibility, but he continues to distribute materials without marking a foreign agent, the ministry said.

Violations were revealed by the Vnukovo Interdistrict Prosecutor’s Office during the inspection. Her materials were sent to the TFR to resolve the issue of initiating a case under Part 2 of Art. 330.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (evasion of duties provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation on foreign agents).

Mikhail Kasyanov (recognized as a foreign agent) served as Prime Minister of Russia in 2000-2004. He left Russia in 2022. He was declared a foreign agent in November 2023. According to the Ministry of Justice, the politician also disseminated “false facts about the decisions of the Russian leadership”, and also spoke at venues provided by foreign structures. In November 2025, he was included in the list of terrorists and extremists.