Mikhail Ivanov

Known among anti-fascists as "Sicil". Detained after a fight with a group of neo-Nazis on 5.01.2020 in Moscow together with another defendant Yakimenko Bogdan. On 6.01.2020, officers of the Centre "E" and the FSB, including Alexey Okopny, came to the department, according to the detainees, they put pressure and threats, trying to induce them to cooperate. The criminal case was initiated under part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and item "b" part 2 of article 115 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. One of the attacking neo-Nazis became a victim in the case. On 29.05.2023 Basmanny court sentenced him to 4.5 years of general regime, as he already had a suspended sentence. The sentence, which was passed by Basmanny court, became the second - the first sentence, under which the antifascists were sentenced to real terms of imprisonment, was cancelled by Moscow City Court and sent for a new consideration in April 2022. In the three years that the case has been pending, the antifascists were under house arrest for a year, then under a recognisance not to leave, and after the first verdict they spent eight months in a pre-trial detention centre.

According to the defence lawyer, Ivanov suffers from epilepsy.

On 26 September 2024, the appeal court overturned the verdict. A new sentence was handed down on 18 August 2025, details are unknown.