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Krokhalev Artem Gennadevich

Date of birth: November 13, 1979 (46 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Kaliningrad
Occupation: искусство и творчество
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.1 ч. 1.1
Pursuit stage:  preliminary investigation
Date of arrest:  November 21, 2025
Current location:  (presumed address) ; Remand Prison No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Kaliningrad Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Artem Krokhalev is a 46-year-old photographer from Kaliningrad. He is charged with financing terrorist activity in connection with 15 small transfers made between 2023 and 2024 to support blogger and politician Vyacheslav Maltsev. According to investigators, the funds were intended to support a terrorist organization allegedly founded by Maltsev.