Valerii Ledkov
Valerii Ledkov, born 1965, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Charges: Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “The case of a resident of Khanty-Mansiysk city on financing extremist activities”. Sentence (February 25, 2026): 3 years' suspended sentence of imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 2, 2025.
In brief
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug · Khanty-Mansiysk · Artists · Extremism cases, Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters
Sentence
3 years
suspended sentence of imprisonment
First instance, July 29, 2025: A fine in the amount of 120,000 rubles
Charges
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he made 16 donations of 300 rubles each to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF), one of them after the organisation was recognised as extremist, and, between 5 September 2021 and 5 February 2022, he made six transfers to ACF totalling 1,800 rubles.
Latest event
March 5, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 2, 2025
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
sentence changed · 3 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
The case of a resident of Khanty-Mansiysk city on financing extremist activities
Criminal case
The case of a resident of Khanty-Mansiysk city on financing extremist activities
- Case number
- 1-200/2025
Thematic group: Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Khanty-Mansiysk. A case on financing extremist activities was opened against him because of six donations that Ledkov transferred to the Anti-Corruption Foundation after the organisation was declared extremist. In total, he transferred 1,800 roubles to the ACP. On 29 July 2025, the court sentenced Ledkov to a fine of 120,000 rubles. On 18 September 2025, the appeal court toughened the sentence, replacing the fine with three years in a general regime colony. On 25 February 2026, the Court of Cassation commuted the sentence, replacing the real term with a suspended one.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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