Alakaev Evgeniy Aleksandrovich

4 October 2023, security forces came to the apartment of 34-year-old serviceman, deputy commander of the training motorized rifle battalion for military-political work Yevgeny Alakaev in Yekaterinburg. They confiscated his equipment, notebooks, books and documents. Two days later, on October 6, 2023, a search was conducted at Alakaev's place of registration in Moscow, where items were also seized that, in the opinion of the investigation, characterized the personality of the accused": "Ukrainian flags, symbols, maps, chevrons of paramilitary units during Nazi Germany, leaflets calling for the disclosure of information about the movement of Russian military equipment, its quantity and type, promoting neo-Nazism of a pro-fascist nature, as well as items with the symbols of Ukrainian terrorist organizations banned in Russia." "Security forces also confiscated Alakaev's foreign passport. After these searches, the seizure of equipment and allegedly "secret" documents, Alakayev was released to freedom. On November 8, 2023, a criminal case was opened against Alakaev for treason and illegal acquisition of state secrets, coupled with their dissemination. On the same day he was detained. According to investigators, on September 21, 2023, Alakaev, while at the military-political work command post, fraudulently gained access to a secret document about the deaths of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh. He told the duty officer that he was acting on the instructions of his leader. Alakaev photographed the first page of the document on his phone, then sent the photo to his mother and to a priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Konstantin Mironov, whom the security forces consider an 'SBU agent'. In the opinion of the investigation, Alakaev also transmitted other secret information to Mironov, in particular, about the automated control system of troops and anti-terrorist security of the Millerovo airfield. On November 9, 2023, the Yekaterinburg Garrison Military Court sent the case defendant to a remand prison. On June 25, 2025, the Central Military District Court found Yevgeny Alakaev guilty and sentenced him to 18 years in prison, the first 5 years he must spend in prison, and the remaining term in a strict regime colony.