In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)

Gennady Kalashnikov

Birth date

May 2, 1980

Citizenship

Russia

Family

Case

Gennady Kalashnikov's case of facilitation of terrorism and calls for terrorism and extremism

Article

Part 2, Article 280 of the Criminal Code; Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code; Part 1.1, Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code

Verdict

15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony

Resident of Vorkuta. In August 2024, he was taken off a train while returning from holiday with his family. He was then detained on charges of calling for extremism and terrorism and involvement in terrorist activities. The case is based on his emotion-filled online postings and a message addressed to his son, a Russian serviceman, to whom Kalashnikov sent a video of the Russian Volunteer Corps with the words "Let's go to RVC!". On May 22, 2025, Kalashnikov was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.