Anton Kalakin
Irkutsk
36 yr old (born in 09.10.1989)
Address: 664019 Иркутская область, г.Иркутск, ул. Баррикад, 63, ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области, Калакин Антон Андреевич, 1989 г.р.
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He is a resident of Irkutsk and an anti-fascist. Before his arrest, he worked various jobs: most recently as a security guard and a boat repairer. In April 2025, he was detained in a case concerning calls for terrorism over comments he had posted on Telegram in 2024.
One of the comments concerned the idea that prisoners from the Ukrainian Azov Regiment should be released: “Azov fighters, defenders of Mariupol and other regions of Ukraine. Those are the ones who need to be freed!”
Another episode concerns a comment left under a post stating that Irkutsk governor Igor Kobzev believed that war expenses were “a higher priority” than repairing schools. Kalakin wrote: “Hang him without trial or investigation from a lamppost on Karl Marx Street!”
It is unknown when exactly the criminal case was opened. In May 2025, Kalakin’s name appeared in the Rosfinmonitoring list of ‘terrorists and extremists’. During the investigation, he was under a travel ban, according to People of Baikal.
On October 23, 2025, the court sentenced him to six years in a general regime penal colony.
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Address: 664019 Иркутская область, г.Иркутск, ул. Баррикад, 63, ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области, Калакин Антон Андреевич, 1989 г.р.
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