Summary: April 3 2025 Mikhail Volkov’s home was searched. He was taken away for questioning. After the questioning, Volkov was released on his own recognizance. As reported by OVD-Info, a criminal case has been opened. Mikhail Volkov is accused of financing an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code) – according to investigators, he transferred money to the FBK account.

Details: As Mikhail Volkov’s son Leonid reported on his channel, in February his father was fired from the Ural Federal University, where he headed the Department of Algebra and Fundamental Computer Science, due to his son’s activities. Previously, Leonid Volkov’s parents did not want to talk about the dismissal publicly.

April 10, 2025The Israeli Mathematical Union has issued a statement in support of Russian mathematician Mikhail Volkov, who is being persecuted by the FSB, accusing him of financing extremism, T-invariant reports.

April 16, 2025Mikhail Volkov was added to the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, the channel reports Updating the list of terrorist extremists. Volkov is added to the list without an asterisk (*), that is, he is listed only as an “extremist”.  

Mikhail Volkov is a doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, professor.