The key facts
- Bykov's transfer from Karelia to Khakassia became known on November 10; the reasons and arrival date are unknown.
- Earlier, the defense sought a transfer closer to his relatives, but in September 2025 the Federal Penitentiary Service appealed that court decision.
- The transfer coincided in time with an investigation into a new case in Khakassia; its connection to it has not been officially confirmed.
The former deputy of the Krasnoyarsk regional legislature is being transferred to Siberia
Anatoly Bykov, the former Krasnoyarsk businessman and ex-deputy of the regional Legislative Assembly who is serving a 20-year sentence in a strict-regime colony, is being transferred by convoy from Karelia to Khakassia. A well-informed source reported this to TASS on November 10; the reasons for the transfer and the timing of the convict's arrival have not been disclosed. Regional media also reported the transfer: Zapad24 noted that the convoy may be connected with possible investigative actions on new episodes, but there is no official confirmation of this version.
From Karelia to a new case
Before this, Bykov was serving his sentence in penal colony No. 9 in Karelia, where he was transferred in the spring of 2024. According to Krasnoyarsk media, his defense repeatedly sought to have the convict transferred to a facility closer to his relatives, but in September 2025 the Federal Penitentiary Service successfully appealed the court decision to change the colony. Thus, the current transfer changes the previous situation: instead of remaining in the Karelian colony, which the penitentiary service had sought, the convict is nevertheless being moved to another region.
Coincidence with a new investigation
The transfer is taking place against the backdrop of an investigation into a new criminal case in Khakassia: in September 2026, Vladimir Tatarenkov was detained there; investigators link him to a criminal group that operated in the 1990s. Tatarenkov had previously testified in Bykov's case concerning the organization of the murders of two businessmen. The connection between the transfer and this case remains a media version: there is no official confirmation, and it is unknown for what exact purpose Bykov is being sent to Khakassia.
Sentences in the 1990s cases
Anatoly Bykov was one of the most prominent figures in Krasnoyarsk business and politics in the 1990s and 2000s: he held leading positions in the region's aluminum industry and was elected to the regional legislature. In 2021, a court found him guilty of organizing the murders of Kirill Voitenko and Alexander Naumov, committed in 1994, and sentenced him to 13 years of imprisonment; later, two more verdicts were handed down in cases concerning crimes of past years, and in December 2023 the final sentence by aggregation of verdicts amounted to 20 years in a strict-regime colony. Bykov himself denies guilt in the crimes attributed to him.
