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United States election infrastructure and 2016 presidential election systems
Cold Case · Open
8 years waiting · since 2018
NIKOLAY YURYEVICH KOZACHEK
Justice for United States election infrastructure and 2016 presidential election systems — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1What is Kozachek's current whereabouts and will Russia extradite him to face charges?
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evidence
Lead #2What specific documents were stolen and how were they used to interfere with the 2016 election?
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person
Lead #3What was Kozachek's specific role within Russian military intelligence Unit 26165?
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 computer systems during the 2016 presidential election. Kozachek and 11 co-conspirators are charged with unauthorized computer access, theft of documents, identity theft, and money laundering related to election interference. Kozachek remains at large and was last known to be in Moscow, Russia, making his apprehension and extradition a continuing priority for federal authorities.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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Lead #4How did Kozachek and his co-conspirators coordinate their hacking operations across multiple U.S. election systems?
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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
2016 U.S. Presidential Election Interference
Alleged hacking and theft of documents from U.S. election-related computer systems
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2018-07-13
Federal Indictment Returned
Grand jury in District of Columbia returned indictment against Kozachek and 11 co-conspirators for election interference conspiracy
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Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:October 30, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:October 30, 2026