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Kirill Butylin

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Kirill Butylin, born 2001, Moscow. Charges: Article 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Vandalism committed by a group of people, or motivated by hatred or animosity); “Case of desecration of a military recruitment centre in Lukhovitsy”. Sentence (March 15, 2023): 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 1, 2023; place of detention: Prison No. 2, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 29, 2023.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Manual workers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases

Sentence

13 years

imprisonment in a strict regime colony

Verdict March 15, 2023

Upheld May 17, 2023

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he broke two windows of the military recruitment office and threw bottles with Molotov cocktails, as well as painted the gates in the colours of the Ukrainian flag and left a "provocative note about the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces". Butylin was first charged with vandalism (Article 214 of the Criminal Code), then added a charge of damage to property in the form of arson (part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code), after which the second charge was reclassified as committing a terrorist act. In addition, Butylin was accused of publicly justifying terrorism in connection with the arsonist manifesto he published, in which he spoke out against war.

Latest event

December 1, 2023 — imprisonment begins

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment begins

  2. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  3. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 13 years

  5. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  6. · Persecution begins

    Case of desecration of a military recruitment centre in Lukhovitsy

Criminal case

Case of desecration of a military recruitment centre in Lukhovitsy

Case number
1-59/2023

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Anti-war case

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Facility: Prison No. 2, Krasnoyarsk Krai

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

663180, ул. Декабристов д. 11, Красноярский край, г. Енисейск, ФКУ «Т № 2 ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю», Бутылин Кирилл Владимирович, 2001 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Lukhovitsy, Moscow region, aircraft assembler at the Lukhovitsy Aviation Plant named after P.A. Voronin. He tried to leave Russia, but on 8 March 2022 he was detained at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, after which he was handed over to representatives of the Russian authorities in connection with a criminal case due to the arson attack on a military recruitment centre. That day he published a video of his attack on the military recruitment centre and a manifesto. On 13 March Butylin managed to escape from the police department. The young man was put on the wanted list, but in the evening of the same day he was detained again. At first Butylin was charged with vandalism (Article 214 of the Criminal Code), then a charge of damage to property in the form of arson (part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code) was added, after which the second charge was reclassified as committing a terrorist act. In addition, Butylin was accused of public justification of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) in connection with the arsonist manifesto published by him, in which he spoke out against war. Butylin is in custody. He said that in the pre-trial detention centre in Kolomna they tried to force him to say the phrase "Putin is cool" on camera. After the young man refused, the law enforcers said he would "rot in solitary confinement for 15 years with paedophiles, [his] teeth will fall out". On 15 March 2023, the court sentenced him to 13 years in a strict regime colony.

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