Nikolai Malkerov
Nikolai Malkerov, born 1988, Kostroma Oblast. Charges: Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code (Confidential cooperation with foreigners); “Nikolai Malkerov's case on confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation”. Sentence (February 14, 2025): 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 3, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 7, Kostroma Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 30, 2025.
In brief
Kostroma Oblast · Kostroma · Engineers
Sentence
4 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code — Confidential cooperation with foreigners
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he watched a video about the Legion on the Internet and tried to fill out a questionnaire but never completed it, after which he contacted a user under the nickname "Curator" and offered to collect information about one of the facilities in the Yaroslavl Oblast. The correspondence continued for a month, after which Malkerov was detained.
Latest event
May 30, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 30, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Persecution begins
Nikolai Malkerov's case on confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast
Criminal case
Nikolai Malkerov's case on confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 7, Kostroma Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
156522, поселок Бычиха 12, Костромская область, Костромской р-н, ФКУ «ИК № 7 УФСИН России по Костромской области», Малкеров Николай Валерьевич, 1988 г.р.
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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