Mikhail Kulkov, convicted in the “Network” case, has been sent to a penal isolation cell (PKT) for five months.

Mikhail Kulkov, who was convicted in the “Network” case and is currently held in Penal Colony No. 6 in Yoshkar-Ola, a city in central Russia, was sent at the beginning of May to a penal isolation cell for five months. His parents informed OVD-Info of this.

The exact date of transfer to the penal isolation cell is unknown. According to his parents, it took place around 11–13 May. The reason for his transfer was the absence of a tag on Kulkov’s jacket.

Prior to this, since September 2025, the convicted person had been in a strict conditions unit. He was placed there after a broken phone was found in the colony. According to his parents, the administration of Penal Colony No. 6 decided that it belonged to Kulkov. In February, his time in the strict conditions unit was extended by six months due to an unbuttoned button.

Kulkov has been in this colony since November 2020. In 2021, he was placed in a punishment isolation cell, and in 2023 it became known that he often received empty envelopes instead of letters.

• The “Network” terrorist group case was initiated in 2017. The FSB claimed that a group of anarchists formed a terrorist community with cells in Moscow, St Petersburg, and Penza, and planned to stage an armed uprising. Several defendants reported being tortured during their detention.
• In February 2020, Kulkov was sentenced to 10 years in a high-security colony. He was convicted under articles for participation in a terrorist community (Part 2, Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code) and attempted drug trafficking (Clause “g,” Part 4, Article 228.1, with Part 3, Article 30 of the Criminal Code). Kulkov pled guilty to the second charge, but denied involvement in the terrorist community. He said he had no connection to anarchism and was only closely acquainted with one other defendant in the “Network” case. The other defendants received sentences from 6 to 18 years in prison.