Dmitry Mikheev
Dmitry Mikheev, born 2001, Irkutsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack); Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “The case of the arson attack on a military recruitment centre in Bratsk”. Sentenced on April 29, 2026. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 24, 2023; place of detention: Prison, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 20, 2026.
In brief
Irkutsk Oblast · Irkutsk · Artists · Terrorism cases
Sentence
17 years 9 months
Imprisonment (strict regime)
First instance, January 29, 2025: 18 years
Charges
- Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Terrorist attack
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he tried to set fire to a military recruitment centre in Bratsk and also transferred money to the Freedom of Russia legion
Latest event
April 29, 2026 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 20, 2026
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast
· Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of the arson attack on a military recruitment centre in Bratsk
Criminal case
The case of the arson attack on a military recruitment centre in Bratsk
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Facility: Prison, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
457670, ул. Северная д.1, Челябинская область, г. Верхнеуральск, ФКУ «Тюрьма ГУФСИН России по Челябинской области», Михеев Дмитрий Сергеевич, 2001 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
He worked as a sound engineer at the Bratsk shopping mall. In January 2023, it became known that he was detained on suspicion of arson of a military recruitment centre. After that, the TV company said that he no longer worked for them, and his name was removed from the TRK website. At first Mikheev was charged with intentional destruction of property (part 2 of article 167 of the Criminal Code), but then the charge was reclassified as committing a terrorist act that caused substantial property damage (point "c" of part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code). Mikheev was in custody. Then he was transferred to a psychiatric hospital for six months, after which he was returned to the detention centre. Later it became known that he was charged with the 1st, milder, part of the article on committing a terrorist act, but the charge of undergoing training for the purpose of terrorist activity and treason was also added - the transfer of money to the legion "Freedom of Russia" appeared in the case. On 27 January 2025 Mikheev was sentenced to eighteen years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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