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Malkerov Nikolai Valerievich

Date of birth: May 22, 1988 (38 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Occupation: инженерия
Article of the Criminal Code:  275.1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  May 3, 2024
Sentence:  4 года лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  February 14, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 7, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Kostroma Oblast

Malkerov Nikolai Valerievich, born May 22, 1988, resident of Kostroma.

On 14 February 2025, he was sentenced to 4 years in a penal colony with restriction of freedom for a term of 1 year under article 275.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (‘Cooperation on a confidential basis with a representative of a foreign state’).

He is in custody since May 3, 2024.

According to the prosecution's version, ‘in April 2024, through the Internet, Malkerov established contact with the Legion “Freedom of Russia”, an organisation recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned on the territory of Russia, informing about the desire to assist them in their activities against the Russian Federation’. The representative of the Legion turned out to be an FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) officer.

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30 May, 2025 | 9:19

Nikolai Malkerov is a political prisoner