The Insider* editor-in-chief Timur Olevsky** has been placed on a wanted list in Russia.

Timur Olevsky**, editor-in-chief of The Insider* and the subject of a criminal case for working for a foreign agent publication, has been placed on a wanted list in Russia, according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs' wanted list database.

"Reason for search: wanted under the Criminal Code," RIA Novosti quotes the journalist's ID.

In July, a criminal case was opened against Timur Olevsky** for operating a foreign organization whose activities had been declared undesirable in the Russian Federation. The investigation established that the publication's editor-in-chief participated in the publication of three videos aimed at shaping negative public opinion about Russian politics and discrediting government agencies.

Earlier, the Tagansky District Court fined The Insider* 400,000 rubles for failing to display a foreign agent designation.

*An organization that acts as a foreign agent and is considered undesirable in Russia.

**Recognized as a foreign agent on the territory of Russia by decision of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.