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United States Election Infrastructure and Personnel
Cold Case · Open
7 years waiting · since 2018
NIKOLAY YURYEVICH KOZACHEK
Justice for United States Election Infrastructure and Personnel — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1What was Kozachek's specific technical role in the hacking operations and which U.S. systems did he directly target?
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evidence
Lead #2What digital forensics or communications evidence directly links Kozachek to the unauthorized computer access and document theft?
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Lead #3Has Kozachek remained in Moscow or has he relocated to another location since the 2018 indictment?
On July 13, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted Nikolay Yuryevich Kozachek, a Russian military intelligence officer, for his alleged role in a conspiracy to hack U.S. election-related computers and interfere with the 2016 presidential election. Kozachek, holding the rank of Lieutenant Captain in Unit 26165, is charged with computer hacking conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, false domain registration, and money laundering conspiracy. He remains at large, last known to be in Moscow, Russia, and the FBI continues to seek information on his whereabouts and activities.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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Lead #4What is the current status of cooperation or extradition efforts between the U.S. and Russia regarding Kozachek?
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Conspiracy to Commit an Offense Against the United States; False Registration of a Domain Name; Aggravated Identity Theft; Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering On July 13, 2018, a federal grand jury sitting in the District of Columbia returned an indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers for their alleged roles in interfering with the 2016 United States (U.S.) elections . The indictment charges 11 defendants, Nikolay Yuryevich Kozachek, Boris Alekseyevich Antonov , Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin , Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov , Aleksey Viktorovich Lukashev , Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev , Pavel Vyacheslavovich Yershov , Artem Andreyevich Malyshev , Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk , Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin , and Viktor Borisovich Netyksho, with a computer hacking conspiracy involving gaining unauthorized access into the computers of U.S.
persons and entities involved in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, stealing documents from those computers, and staging releases of the stolen documents to interfere with the 2016 U.S.
presidential election. The indictment also charges these defendants with aggravated identity theft, false registration of a domain name, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Two defendants, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk and Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev , are charged with a separate conspiracy to commit computer crimes, relating to hacking into the computers of U.S. persons and entities responsible for the administration of 2016 U.S.
elections, such as state boards of elections, secretaries of state, and U.S. companies that supplied software and other technology related to the administration of U.S.
elections. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C.
issued a federal arrest warrant for Nikolay Yuryevich Kozachek upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment. Remarks: Kozachek is alleged to have been a Russian military intelligence officer holding the rank of Lieutenant Captain, assigned to Unit 26165.
Kozachek was last known to be located in Moscow, Russia.
Timeline of Events
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2016-01-01
2016 U.S. Presidential Election Interference Campaign
Alleged hacking conspiracy targeting U.S. election-related computers and personnel
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2018-07-13
Federal Grand Jury Indictment
Grand jury in the District of Columbia returned indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers including Kozachek
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:June 14, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:June 14, 2026