The courts in Russia are continuing to issue arrest warrants for individuals allegedly spreading false information about the actions of the Russian army in relation to the war in Ukraine.
Aleksey Panin, a 45-year-old Russian actor residing in Torrevieja since 2020, who has spoken negatively about Russia on numerous occasions in public, is the next artist in their sights for detention.
Russian TV Channel 5 reported that a card with his name appeared in the Ministry ‘s database on the morning of May 22. “Panin Alexey Vyacheslavovich, born on September 20, 1977, is wanted under the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation,” it says. However, the message does not specify the article violated.
On his Instagram account, he shared this publication two days ago in which he confirmed that he was being wanted by the Russian regime: “20 minutes ago they put me on the list of wanted people in Russia.”
“Except for laughter, this does not cause me anything, because I have not justified any terrorism and I do not justify it. Naturally I will be happy to come to Russia for a visit but after the regime that is now in Russia is removed”, he declared in the Russian newspaper ‘La Gazeta’.
This Wednesday he published another image on his account in which he made reference to the echo that the country’s media are making of this fact: “Now I am even in the Spanish press! Thanks to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for making me the ‘star’ of the world.”
Penin was not always against the Putin regime. In 2015 the Ukrainian police opened a criminal case against the actor for allegedly “violating the territorial integrity of the country”, after publicly supporting the Russian annexation of Crimea. He later publicly apologised for it.
