Daniil Golikov
Scientists
1995-11-16
Imprisoned
Moscow
Biography
Resident of Moscow, postgraduate student of the Higher School of Economics. On 13 March 2024, he was detained together with another PhD student, Andrei Kozlovskii, for damaging a spontaneous memorial to the memory of "heroes of the Russian Spring and the Special Military Operation". They were both charged with administrative offences of disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 14 March both were arrested for 15 days. At the end of the arrest term both were detained under criminal case, they were accused of damaging memorial objects commemorating those who
Resident of Moscow, postgraduate student of the Higher School of Economics. On 13 March 2024, he was detained together with another PhD student, Andrei Kozlovskii, for damaging a spontaneous memorial to the memory of "heroes of the Russian Spring and the Special Military Operation". They were both charged with administrative offences of disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 14 March both were arrested for 15 days. At the end of the arrest term both were detained under criminal case, they were accused of damaging memorial objects commemorating those who died in defence of the interests of the Fatherland. On 28 March, they were placed under house arrest. Later Golikov and Kozlovskii were also accused of vandalism.
On 18 November 2024, Golikov was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony. On 8 July 2025, the appeal court dropped the vandalism charge and reduced the sentence to two years in a penal colony.