Makar Nikolaev
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-05-16
- Region
- Bashkortostan
- City
- Ufa
- Address for letters
- 620024, Свердловская область, г. Екатеринбург, ул. Елизаветинское шоссе, д. 19, ФКУ СИЗО-5 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области, Николаев Макар Дмитриевич, 2004 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 16 February 2026
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Case summary
Resident of Ufa. In 2020, when he was a schoolboy, he developed a method of information search to create a nationwide archive dedicated to the history of the Great Patriotic War. His project won the All-Russian contest "My Country - My Russia", a project of the presidential platform "Russia - a Country of Opportunities".
Later he left to study political science in Germany. In 2024, Nikolaev returned to Russia for the summer holidays, where he was detained. He was prosecuted for calling for terrorism because of his posts in support of Ukraine and the Russian Volunteer Corps. Nikolaev was remanded in custody. On 16 May 2025, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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