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Marchenko Eldar Mikael ogly

Date of birth: December 9, 1972 (53 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Moscow
Article of the Criminal Code:  205 ч. 2 para. «а» ; 205 ч. 2 para. «в»
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Date of arrest:  August 1, 2024
Sentence:  16 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  August 12, 2025
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 4, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the city of Moscow

Marchenko Eldar Mikael ogly, born December 9, 1972, resident of Dmitrov in the Moscow Oblast, Marketing Director of the international motorsports mass media network Motorsport Network, lecturer in sports management at the RMA business school.

On August 12, 2025, he was sentenced under paragraphs "a" and "c" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Commission of a terrorist act by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, resulting in causing significant damage") to 16 years' imprisonment, with the first 5 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony, with restriction of freedom for a term of 1 year and 6 months after release.

Deprived of liberty since August 1, 2024.