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Anatoly Gubanov

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Anatoly Gubanov, born 1957, Moscow. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Anatoly Gubanov's case of high treason”. Sentence (October 26, 2023): 12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; place of detention: Penal colony No. 12, Vologda Oblast.

In brief

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Sentence

12 years

imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony

Verdict October 26, 2023

Upheld October 15, 2024

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Investigators claim that he directed Valery Golubkin to hand over to Dutch scientists classified reports on a high-speed aircraft project, which contained information constituting a state secret.

Latest event

October 15, 2024 — cassation

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Cassation ruling

    upheld

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 12 years

  3. · Persecution begins

    Anatoly Gubanov's case of high treason

Criminal case

Anatoly Gubanov's case of high treason

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Thematic group: The case of transferring information about a high-speed aircraft

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Facility: Penal colony No. 12, Vologda Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

162562, Вологодская область, поселок Шексна, ул. Шоссейная, 42, ФКУ «ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Вологодской области», Губанов Анатолий Александрович, 1957 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

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An associate Professor at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and head of the Department at the Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI). He participated in an international project to develop a high-speed aircraft called HEXAFLY-INT. In December 2020, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of high treason. On October 27, 2023, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.

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