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Malakhov Vyacheslav Igorevich

Date of birth: June 11, 1985 (41 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Occupation: активизм; искусство и творчество; блогинг
Article of the Criminal Code:  280.3 ч. 1
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Date of arrest:  January 31, 2024
Sentence:  2 года лишения свободы
Date of sentencing:  October 24, 2024
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  August 20, 2025
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Malakhov Vyacheslav Igorevich, born on June 11, 1985, a native of Luhansk, Ukraine, a Russian citizen who mainly resided in St. Petersburg, is a poet, writer, musician, and blogger, and one of the authors of the VK community “Dorevolyutsionny Sovetchik”. On October 24, 2024, under Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Russian Criminal Code ('Public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation', punishable by up to 5 years of imprisonment), he was sentenced to 2 years in a general regime penal colony. He had been deprived of liberty since January 31, 2024. On August 20, 2025, he was released after serving his sentence.

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19 Feb, 2024 | 13:05

Vyacheslav Malakhov is a political prisoner