Igor Rogov, who left Russia in 2021, due to go on trial accused of informing on other Russian opposition activists
A Russian opposition activist arrested in Poland and due to go on trial next month has admitted he worked as an undercover agent for Russia’s FSB security service and informed on other opposition figures, court documents claim.
Igor Rogov, 30, has been associated with various opposition movements in the Russian city of Saransk, including Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation and Open Russia, linked to the exiled businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Rogov and his wife left Russia in 2021, according to the court documents, and in 2022 they received visas for Poland, where they arrived a few days after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and settled in the city of Sosnowiec.
Rogov was arrested by Polish authorities last summer, initially due to suspected links to an explosive package. Poland has been hit by a wave of arson and other sabotage attacks that involve one-time operatives on the ground and are believed to be run by Russian intelligence operatives.
