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Nikulenkov Kirill Andreevich

Date of birth: December 8, 2005 (20 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Arkhangelsk
Occupation: студенчество
Article of the Criminal Code:  282 ч. 2 para. «б» ; 280 ч. 2 ; 282.1 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  March 18, 2024
Sentence:  3 года 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  October 6, 2025
Current location:  in transit

Kirill Nikulenkov is a college student from Arkhangelsk. In the summer of 2023, 17-year-old Nikulenkov became the administrator of the “NATDEM” Telegram channel, which criticized the war in Ukraine and migration policy, and also published calls for protests. Nikulenkov was sent to a pre-trial detention center, accused of creating an extremist community, public calls for extremism, and inciting hatred and enmity as part of an organized group on the Internet. The court sentenced him to 3.5 years in prison.

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