Artem Asalkhudin
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 275, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 281.2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (strict regime), Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 18 years
- Date of verdict
- 2026-05-18
- Region
- Irkutsk Oblast
- Address for letters
- 672010, Забайкальский край, г. Чита, ул. Ингодинская, 1, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Забайкальскому краю, Асалхудин Артем Валерьевич, 1983 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 10 April 2026
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Case summary
A resident of Ust-Ilimsk (Irkutsk region). On 14 June 2024, he was searched at his home, during which a bag of cannabis was found. Apparently, after the search he was detained, but it was made out as if the next day he was swearing and urinating near a playground. On 17 June, the court arrested him under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for 12 days. On 28 June 2024, a criminal case was opened against Asalkhudin for public justification of terrorism because of a comment with the word "Pretty Boy" under a post about Ruslan Zinin who shot a military officer. Asalkhudin was taken into custody. Later it became known that he was also accused of preparing for sabotage (according to unconfirmed reports, during a search in his elderly mother's flat, petrol was found in a water tank for watering flowers), undergoing training to commit sabotage, preparing to participate in the activities of a terrorist organisation, drug possession and treason.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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