Artem Khoroshilov
Artem Khoroshilov
Date of incident: February 1, 2024
Type of violation: arrest
Institution: independent researcher

Summary: On February 1, Artem Khoroshilov was detained by FSB officers. The accused is being held in Moscow’s Lefortovo pretrial detention center. The court extended Khoroshilov’s arrest for three months, until May 12, 2024. He is accused of unlawfully influencing the critical information infrastructure of the Russian Federation. Other details of the criminal case have not been disclosed, reports Meduza

Details: Meduza also reports that open sources contain information about Artem Leonidovich Khoroshilov, a graduate of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In 2019, he defended his dissertation for a PhD in physics and mathematics at the General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

On August 20, 2024 T-invariant, citing unnamed sources, reported that Artem Khoroshilov has been charged with treason. He faces life imprisonment.

Sources: Meduza, Kommersant.

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