Fedor Konovalov
Fedor Konovalov, born 1998, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting in terrorist activities); Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting or financing terrorist activities); Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “The case of leaflets distribution of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion in St. Petersburg and Novgorod Oblast”. Sentence (February 19, 2025): 10 years and 9 months’ imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison and the remaining term in a… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 23, 2023; place of detention: Prison No. 2, Lipetsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 6, 2025.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Manual workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
10 years 9 months
10 years and 9 months’ imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison and the remaining term in a strict-regime penal colony.
First instance, October 3, 2024: 11 years
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting in terrorist activities
- Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting or financing terrorist activities
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he "colluded with representatives of two terrorist organisations based in Ukraine", after which he received money from the "handlers" via the Internet. He allegedly used the money to print leaflets with calls to join the organisations and placed them in public places in St. Petersburg and one of the towns of Novgorod Oblast between spring 2022 and August 2023.
Latest event
February 19, 2025 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 10 years 9 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 6, 2025
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 10 years 9 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of leaflets distribution of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion in St. Petersburg and Novgorod Oblast
Criminal case
The case of leaflets distribution of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion in St. Petersburg and Novgorod Oblast
Other defendants in the case
- Ivan Ladchenko — Imprisoned, 10 years 8 months
Write a letter
Facility: Prison No. 2, Lipetsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
399783, ул. Пролетарская д. 1Б, Липецкая область, г. Елец, ФКУ «Тюрьма № 2 УФСИН по Липецкой области», Коновалов Федор Павлович, 1998 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A cleaner at the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia Named After D. D. Shostakovich. In a conversation with journalists, the director of the Philharmonia noted that Konovalov has been disabled since childhood. He was detained on 21 August 2023 and, on 23 August, placed in custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism in connection with putting up leaflets of a ‘Ukrainian paramilitary association recognised as a terrorist organisation by a decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation’. It later became known that Konovalov was also charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and with incitement to participate in terrorist activity.
On 3 October 2024, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict-regime penal colony, with the first three years to be served in prison. On 19 February 2025, on appeal, his sentence was reduced to 10 years and 9 months.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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