Today, Yegor Balazeikin turned 18. He's celebrating his coming of age behind bars.

Egor Balazeikin detained, when he was 16 years old and studying at the gymnasium.

The reason for the arrest was an attempt to set fire to military registration and enlistment offices: St. Petersburg и KirovskNone of the Molotov cocktails thrown by Balazeikin ignited. As the teenager himself explained, his actions were influenced by the death of his uncle in the war in Ukraine, where he volunteered with the "Bars" group. 

The court found Balazeikin guilty of attempted terrorist attack and sentenced to six years in a correctional colony. 

This is his second consecutive birthday in prison. Since the spring, his autoimmune hepatitis has worsened, and liver fibrosis has begun to progress.

Newly freed Ilya Yashin и Vladimir Kara-Murza called upon write letters to political prisoners because they provide “warmth and light” and “help recharge with energy and health.”

The Politzek-Info project clarifiesYou can write to Yegor Balazeikin in the following ways:

1. By regular mail, which must be sent to the following address: 163530, Russia, Arkhangelsk, Primorsky District, Talagi settlement, house 112, FKU Arkhangelsk VK UFSIN of Russia for the Arkhangelsk Region, Balazeikin Egor Danielevich, born in 2006.
2. Through the official Zonatelecom service (in the drop-down list you need to select (VK) Arkhangelskaya.
3. Via the Telegram channel https://t.me/BalazejkinEgor, dedicated to the case of Yegor Balazeykin (your words will be passed on to him)