Sergey Borisov
Sergey Borisov, born 1982, Tver Oblast. Charges: Article 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for treason against the state (preparation for a crime)); “Case of Sergei Borisov on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group”. Sentence (March 13, 2023): 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 31, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 46, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 25, 2025.
In brief
Tver Oblast · Tver · Manual workers
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for treason against the state (preparation for a crime)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he planned to join the Freedom of Russia legion.
Latest event
December 25, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 25, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
Criminal case
Case of Sergei Borisov on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 46, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
624192, Свердловская область, г. Невьянск, ул. Долгих, д. 81, ИК-46, ФКУ «ИК № 46 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области», Борисов Сергей Юрьевич, 1982 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Tver, cable internet installer. In December 2022, he was detained by FSB officers on the platform of the railway station in Tver while trying to leave for Ukraine. According to Andrei Trofimov, who is sitting with him in the same pre-trial detention centre, Borisov was actually on his way to fight in the AFU, in the "Freedom of Russia" legion. On 13 March 2023, he was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony on charges of preparing for high treason.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.