October 22, 2026, 8:13 PMRSSRU

Dekhonov Aleksei

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Dekhonov Aleksei, born 1998, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Alexei Dekhonov's case of high treason”. Sentence (March 27, 2025): 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 12, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 3, Amur Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 11, 2026.

In brief

Khabarovsk Krai · Komsomolsk-on-Amur

Sentence

13 years

imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony

Verdict March 27, 2025

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, from January to March 2023, he found on the web details for payment of electronic wallets, which were used to collect funds to support the AFU. He transferred cryptocurrency to them. His criminal activity was stopped by officers of the Russian Federal Security Service's Office for the Khabarovsk Region.

Latest event

February 11, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner

Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 13 years

Criminal case

Alexei Dekhonov's case of high treason

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Facility: Penal colony No. 3, Amur Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

676910, Амурская область, Ивановский район, с. Среднебелая, ул. Герки Рулёва, 2, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Амурской области», Дехонов Алексей Алексеевич, 1998 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, he was taken into custody in a high treason case: according to investigators, he transferred cryptocurrency to digital wallets used to raise funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On March 27, 2025, Dekhоnov was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.

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