Anton Kalakin
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-10-23
- Region
- Irkutsk Oblast
- City
- Irkutsk
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 14 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области»
- Address for letters
- 665809, г.Ангарск, Первый промышленный массив, квартал 9, строение 10/1, ФКУ «ИК № 14 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области», Калакин Антон Андреевич, 1989 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 27 March 2026
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Case summary
He is a resident of Irkutsk and an anti-fascist. Before his arrest, he worked various jobs: most recently as a security guard and a boat repairer. In April 2025, he was detained in a case concerning calls for terrorism over comments he had posted on Telegram in 2024.
One of the comments concerned the idea that prisoners from the Ukrainian Azov Regiment should be released: “Azov fighters, defenders of Mariupol and other regions of Ukraine. Those are the ones who need to be freed!”
Another episode concerns a comment left under a post stating that Irkutsk governor Igor Kobzev believed that war expenses were “a higher priority” than repairing schools. Kalakin wrote: “Hang him without trial or investigation from a lamppost on Karl Marx Street!”
It is unknown when exactly the criminal case was opened. In May 2025, Kalakin’s name appeared in the Rosfinmonitoring list of ‘terrorists and extremists’. During the investigation, he was under a travel ban, according to People of Baikal.
On October 23, 2025, the court sentenced him to six years in a general regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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