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Kosterin Aleksandr Nikolaevich

Date of birth: December 14, 1996 (29 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Moscow
Occupation: инженерия
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.1 ч. 1.1
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Date of arrest:  May 19, 2026
Sentence:  9 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 3 года в тюрьме, штраф 600.000 рублей
Date of sentencing:  September 9, 2026
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Ivanovo Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Aleksandr Kosterin, an employee of the Ilyushin Design Bureau, was detained in Ivanovo by officers from the Center for Combating Extremism (Center "E"). Following several financial transfers totaling 4,500 rubles—made in support of media channels run by Vyacheslav Maltsev—the young man was accused of financing terrorism and placed in a pre-trial detention center. The prosecution alleged that the funds were intended for the 'Artpodgotovka,' which is designated as a terrorist organization in the Russian Federation. The court sentenced Kosterin to 9 years in a maximum-security penal colony and imposed a fine.