Kirill Kotov
Kirill Kotov, born 1987, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in an extremist community); “The case of Kirill Kotov and Daria Poliudova”. Sentence (December 23, 2022): 3 years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Politicians · Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
3 years
suspended imprisonment
Upheld April 24, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he joined the "Left Resistance", within the framework of activity of which he organised and held public events aimed at discrediting the activities of the authorities, and ensured the functioning of Internet pages on VKontakte.
Latest event
January 21, 2026 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Kirill Kotov and Daria Poliudova
Criminal case
The case of Kirill Kotov and Daria Poliudova
Other defendants in the case
- Dariia Poliudova — At large, 9 years
Thematic group: The "Left Resistance" case
Details and sources
Full summary
On 8 September 2021, a case of participation in the activities of an extremist community was initiated against Kotov. A measure of restraint in the form of a signature personal recognizance was elected. On 23 December 2022, he was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.