October 20, 2026, 10:53 AMRSSRU

Denis Mikhailenko

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

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

Verdict February 9, 2022

Upheld May 15, 2022

Charges

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

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · Recognised as persecuted on political grounds

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  3. · Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list

  4. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  5. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 3 years

  6. · Preventive measure: ban on certain activities

Criminal case

The case of the Kansk teenagers

Other defendants in the case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

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.

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Sources (1)

Other people prosecuted under Article 222.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

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