In penal colony

Fedor Konovalov

Birth date

January 25, 1998

Citizenship

Russia

Family

Case

The case of leaflets distribution by the RDK and the "Freedom of Russia" Legion in St. Petersburg and the Novgorod region

Article

Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code; Part 1, Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code; Part 1.1, Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code; Part 2, Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code

Verdict

11 years of imprisonment, the first 3 years in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony

A janitor at the Shostakovich Philharmonic in St Petersburg. The director of the Philharmonic noted in a conversation with journalists that Konovalov was disabled as a child. He was detained on 21 August 2023 and sent to custody on 23 August on charges of public justification of terrorism in connection with the pasting of flyers of "the Ukrainian paramilitary association, recognised as a terrorist organisation by the ruling of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation". Later it became known that Konovalov was also accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation and inducement to participate in terrorist activities. On 3 October 2024, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.