Wish Irkutsk anti-fascist Anton Kalakin a happy birthday!
Submitted by Редакция on 6 October, 2026 - 14:28
Anton will turn 37 on October 9. This will be his first birthday in prison.
Anton lived in Irkutsk, worked as a security guard and repaired boats, ran a Telegram channel about the history of his hometown, helped homeless animals, and went to punk concerts.
At the end of October 2025, Anton was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony on charges of “justifying terrorism” over two comments on Telegram.
In the first comment, he wrote that captured Azov fighters should be released. Anton left the second comment under a news story reporting that the regional governor considered military spending a higher priority than repairing schools. Kalakin wrote: “Hang him from a lamppost on Karl Marx Street, without trial or investigation!”
Anton is serving his sentence in Penal Colony No. 14 (IK-14) in Angarsk. His health has deteriorated significantly in prison. Even before his arrest, he had been diagnosed with post-thrombotic disease of the right lower leg. While in prison, Federal Penitentiary Service doctors also diagnosed him with a kidney cyst and atherosclerosis of the common carotid artery. In August, Anton’s mother reported that his legs had become severely swollen and that subcutaneous hemorrhages had appeared on his eyelids. He needs surgery on the veins in his legs and must take medication continuously.
We call on you to show solidarity and support Anton. He will be very happy to receive your birthday wishes!
Address for letters – address and letters should be written in Russian. You may use automated online translation tools.
665809, Иркутская область, г. Ангарск, Первый промышленный массив, квартал 9, строение 10/1, ФКУ ИК-14 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области,
You may also send letter to Anton via Vestochka project:
If you would like to support Anton financially, you can make a donation to Fires of Freedom. All the funds collected will be transferred to Anton’s mother, who will use them to buy medicine and food for him. Our financial resources are currently very limited. To continue supporting Anton and other prisoners, we need your help. Even a small donation makes a difference.
For transfers in foreign currency:
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BIC: REVOLT21
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PayPal: firesoffreedom@protonmail.com (with the note “for Kalakin”)
Cryptocurrency:
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When sending cryptocurrency to support Kalakin, please make sure to email us at: firesoffreedom@protonmail.com
Another way to support us and Anton is to order Fires of Freedom merchandise.
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