Kosterin Aleksandr Nikolaevich
Kosterin Aleksandr Nikolaevich
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.