Denis Mikhailenko
Denis Mikhailenko, born 2005, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 222.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal sale of explosives or explosive devices); Article 223.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal manufacture of explosives (by prior conspiracy)); “The case of the Kansk teenagers”. Sentence (February 9, 2022): 3 years' suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, August 8, 2023.
In brief
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Kansk · Schoolchildren
Sentence
3 years
suspended sentence
Upheld May 15, 2022
Charges
- Article 222.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal sale of explosives or explosive devices
- Article 223.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal manufacture of explosives (by prior conspiracy)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was involved in the manufacture and storage of explosives to prepare an explosion in the FSB in Kansk.
Latest event
February 10, 2024 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 8, 2023
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of the Kansk teenagers
Criminal case
The case of the Kansk teenagers
Other defendants in the case
- Bogdan Andreev — At large, 4 years
- Nikita Uvarov — Imprisoned, 5 years
Details and sources
Full summary
Mikhailenko is a resident of Kansk, Krasnoyarsk region, a minor at the time of the prosecution. He was detained in June 2020, shortly after he and Nikita Uvarov put up leaflets in the city in support of Azat Miftakhov and those convicted in the "Network" case. On 11 June, Mikhailenko was placed under house arrest in the case of receiving training for terrorist attacks. According to Uvarov, Mikhailenko and the third defendant in the case, Bogdan Andreev, denounced him under pressure. In November, a case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community was opened. As one of the proofs of guilt, the investigation used correspondence about the explosion of the FSB building in the computer game Minecraft, but these circumstances were not included in the indictment. In November Mikhaylenko was placed in custody for violating the conditions of house arrest, he was accused of keeping correspondence on the Internet. In March 2021, the charge of participation in the activities of a terrorist community was dropped. On 17 August, Mikhailenko was given a ban on certain actions as a preventive measure. The court exempted him from liability under the article on undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist acts, leaving the charges of manufacturing and storage of explosives. On 10 February 2022, Mikhailenko was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 222.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.