Artem Asalkhudin

A resident of Ust-Ilimsk (Irkutsk region). On 14 June 2024, he was searched at his home, during which a bag of cannabis was found. Apparently, after the search he was detained, but it was made out as if the next day he was swearing and urinating near a playground. On 17 June, the court arrested him under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for 12 days. On 28 June 2024, a criminal case was opened against Asalkhudin for public justification of terrorism because of a comment with the word "Pretty Boy" under a post about Ruslan Zinin who shot a military officer. Asalkhudin was taken into custody. Later it became known that he was also accused of preparing for sabotage (according to unconfirmed reports, during a search in his elderly mother's flat, petrol was found in a water tank for watering flowers), undergoing training to commit sabotage, preparing to participate in the activities of a terrorist organisation, drug possession and treason.

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