"He was put on the wanted list and charged in absentia with committing a crime under Part 4 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia (directing the commission of a terrorist act)," the department said.
On June 1, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia put Popkov* on the wanted list, who, according to media reports, could have recruited Daria Trepova**, detained after the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg, which killed military commander Vladlen Tatarsky and injured more than 40 people.
* Included by Rosfinmonitoring in the list of persons and organizations in respect of which there is information about their involvement in terrorism.
** Included by Rosfinmonitoring in the list of persons and organizations in respect of which there is information about their involvement in terrorism.