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FSB Paid Riot Activist to Inform on Activists

8/25/2026

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  • Russia’s Security Service (FSB) forced Riot activist Rita Flores to serve as an informant.
  • A February 2023 raid on her apartment led to threats and a cooperation agreement.
  • She received 30,000 rubles and 50,000 rubles monthly from early 2024 to June.
  • The FSB offered 3 million rubles to lure Pyotr Verzilov to a Serbian café for kidnapping.
  • Flores contacted lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov to stall plot and escaped Russia with help from Leonid Nevzlin.