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Antonovich Mikhail Mikhailovich

Date of birth: September 19, 1968 (57 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Tyumen
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.1 ч. 1.1
Pursuit stage:  court of first instance
Date of arrest:  December 18, 2025
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Sverdlovsk Oblast

Mikhail Antonovich has been accused of financing terrorism for allegedly purchasing Telegram 'Stars' worth approximately $3 and subsequently assigning them to several posts on various informational and personal Telegram channels. Investigators determined that, because these channels had elsewhere called for donations to Ukrainian army units designated as terrorist organizations, assigning 'Stars' to any post within those channels constituted a transfer of funds for the purpose of terrorism. He is currently in pre-trial detention and faces a potential sentence of up to life imprisonment.