Gleb Malkov

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Sevastopol. On 25 August 2023, came to a spontaneous memorial, presumably to the dead leaders of PMC "Wagner" Yevgeniy Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, kicked their portraits and also stepped on the Russian flag. Pro-Russian blogger Alexander Talipov, who regularly spreads information about pro-Ukrainian residents of Crimea and reports them to the authorities, published a video in which a Sevastopol resident explained that he kicked the Russian flag in protest against Russia's attack on "his country" - Ukraine. Talipov later published a video of Malkov apologising. The website of the Leninsky District Court of Sevastopol has a case file against Malkov under the article on petty hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Administrative Code), which was received and considered on 26 August. It is not known what punishment he was given, but it is likely that he could have been sent to administrative arrest. On 4 September the same court also received a case against the young man for discrediting the army of the Russian Federation (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the CAO). On 27 September it was reported that a case of vandalism motivated by hatred (part 2 of article 214 of the Criminal Code) was also filed against Malkov because of inscriptions in support of Ukraine. Later Malkov was deprived of liberty, the details are not disclosed. On 7 May 2025, he was released. In April 2026, the FSB reported the detention of the Sevastopol man on charges of calling for extremism and terrorism. The report stated that he "posted text comments in support of the actions of militants who staged a terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall." The arrest video shows screenshots with calls to bomb Sevastopol, Simferopol, Donetsk and Luhansk, as well as the words "I want a second Crocus. Give me the second Crocus." The Telegram channel "Tribunal. Crimean episode" claims that the speech is about Malkov.