Alexander Kondratov, the production designer of “Liquidation,” has died. He had been accused of state treason.

Alexander Kondratov died at Botkin Hospital in Moscow, reports “Perviy Otdel.” He was 52 years old. Three days before his death, the artist was transferred to the hospital from a pre-trial detention centre.

Kondratov was detained in spring 2026 at Vnukovo Airport, when he arrived in Russia from Kyiv, where he had been living since 2012. He planned to renew his international passport.

After his detention, Kondratov was repeatedly subjected to back-to-back administrative arrests on charges of petty hooliganism. In total, he spent more than 70 days under arrest this way. In August, a state treason case was opened against him and he was sent to a pre-trial detention centre because of six online publications.

Kondratov was the production designer of the series “Liquidation.” For his work on the series, he received a Golden Eagle and TEFI. “Perviy Otdel” notes that since the beginning of the year, this is at least the eleventh death of someone implicated in a political case in Russia.