Sergey Chebukin
Sergey Chebukin, born 1963, Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Sergei Chebukin's treason case”. Sentence: 12 years 6 months. Status: imprisoned; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 7, 2025.
In brief
Sentence
12 years 6 months
Imprisonment (strict regime), Restriction of liberty, Fine
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "in March and May 2023, using a mobile application, Chebukin made two transactions to transfer money to a foreign bank account used by a Ukrainian citizen. These funds were intended for financial support and logistical support of Ukrainian armed formations".
Latest event
August 7, 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, August 7, 2025
Criminal case
Sergei Chebukin's treason case
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
275502, Херсонская область, Генический район, с. Чонгар, ул. Тараса Шевченко, д. 66, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Херсонской области, Чебукин Сергей Владимирович, 1963 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the Kherson region of Ukraine. He is probably abducted no later than February 2024. A video was published in which Chebukin describes how the British Council tried to recruit him through his acquaintance Svetlana Voloshina, who lived in Kiev and moved to the UK after the outbreak of war. According to Chebukin, Voloshina offered him to report on the deployment of Russian equipment and troops, but he refused. A high treason case was brought against him: according to the investigation, he transferred money to the account of a Ukrainian citizen, which was "intended for financial support and logistical support of Ukrainian armed formations". Presumably, in February 2025, Chebukin was sentenced to 12 and a half years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia, Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.