Bogdan Bakaleiko
Bogdan Bakaleiko, born 1991, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Charges: Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being…); “Bogdan Bakaleiko's case of evading "foreign agent" duties”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug · Novy Urengoy · Journalists · Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: arrest in absentia since February 17, 2026
Charges
- Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being persecuted for an administrative offence
Full wording of the charges
Bakaleiko was fined twice under the administrative article for the absence of "foreign agent" labelling (part 4 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences): once because of a publication in a Telegram channel and once because of a publication about Cosmonautics Day (the International Day of Human Space Flight).
Latest event
February 17, 2026 — preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Timeline
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Persecution begins
Bogdan Bakaleiko's case of evading "foreign agent" duties
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Bogdan Bakaleiko's case of evading "foreign agent" duties
- Case number
- 1-117/2026
Details and sources
Full summary
Former journalist of the Dozhd TV channel and administrator of the Telegram channel "Russian Emigrant Economy". In March 2023, placed on the "foreign agent" register. In April 2024, the journalist published a post about a call from law enforcers, who asked him to sign a statement that he was living abroad. "A voice named Ivan and with the nickname in Telegram "RU INAO Novy Urengoy Ivan" says, "could you provide a handwritten statement that you won't return to Russia, that you live abroad and such? Then we won't need to put you on the federal wanted list! [...]" The trick is that if these helpful officers get this statement, they won't need to put you on the federal wanted list, they can immediately put you on the international wanted list without much bureaucracy," Bakaleiko said.
On 17 May 2024, it became known that the journalist had been put on a wanted list as part of the case against him for evading his "foreign agent" duties.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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