Danila Yakovlev
Danila Yakovlev, born 2004, Altai Krai. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting or financing terrorist activities); Article 205.1 part 1.1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code; Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “The case of Danila Yakovlev on financing a terrorist organization”. Sentence (January 21, 2025): 15 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 100,000 roubles. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 1, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Tuva. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 9, 2025.
In brief
Altai Krai · Biysk · Terrorism cases
Sentence
15 years
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 100,000 roubles
First instance, September 20, 2024: 15 years
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting or financing terrorist activities
- Article 205.1 part 1.1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
Presumably, according to the version of the investigation, transferred 5 thousand rubles to the legion ‘Freedom of Russia’.
Latest event
September 9, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 9, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 15 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 15 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Danila Yakovlev on financing a terrorist organization
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of Danila Yakovlev on financing a terrorist organization
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Tuva
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
с667002, Тыва, г. Кызыл, ул. Догээ-Баары д. 1, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Республике Тыва», Яковлев Данила Владимирович, 2004 г.р.
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Full summary
Resident of Biysk (Altai Krai). Supposedly, in December 2023, he was detained in the case of transferring money to the Russian Freedom Legion. In the same month he was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring. In January 2024, local blogs circulated a video of law enforcers invading Yakovlev's flat: they put him face down on the floor and then threatened to "restore his memory". The young man was taken into custody. A case of high treason was opened against him, as well as two episodes of terrorism financing and one episode of attempted financing. On 20 September 2024, Yakovlev was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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