Nikolai Malkerov
- Criminal Code
- Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime), Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 4 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-02-14
- Region
- Kostroma Oblast
- City
- Kostroma
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 7 УФСИН России по Костромской области»
- Address for letters
- 156522, поселок Бычиха 12, Костромская область, Костромской р-н, ФКУ «ИК № 7 УФСИН России по Костромской области», Малкеров Николай Валерьевич, 1988 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 30 May 2025
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Case summary
A resident of Kostroma. On 3 May 2024, he was detained and then taken into custody. A case of confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation was brought against him: according to the investigation, he tried to fill in the questionnaire of the Freedom of Russia Legion and then corresponded with a certain "Curator". On 14 February 2025, Malkerov was sentenced to four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Others charged under Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
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