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Viacheslav Malakhov
Artists
1985-06-11
At large
Moscow
Biography
He is a poet, an author of lyrics and a musician of the group Pre-revolutionary Counsellor (the participants describe the genre of the project as “literary steam-punk variety”). On 31 January 2024, the apartment where Malakhov stayed during his visit to Moscow was searched in a case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, and he was detained. On 2 February, the court ordered that he be taken into custody. Before that, the defence offered the investigation to ask the court for a different measure of restriction, but the investigation refused, explaining, in particular, that Malakhov is a native of Ukraine. On 24
He is a poet, an author of lyrics and a musician of the group Pre-revolutionary Counsellor (the participants describe the genre of the project as “literary steam-punk variety”). On 31 January 2024, the apartment where Malakhov stayed during his visit to Moscow was searched in a case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, and he was detained. On 2 February, the court ordered that he be taken into custody. Before that, the defence offered the investigation to ask the court for a different measure of restriction, but the investigation refused, explaining, in particular, that Malakhov is a native of Ukraine. On 24 October 2024, Malakhov was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. On 20 August 2025, he was released from the colony.