October 23, 2026, 4:18 AMRSSRU

Aleksandr Kharlamov

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Aleksandr Kharlamov, born 1983, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code (Confidential cooperation with foreigners); “Aleksandr Kharlamov's case on confidential cooperation with foreigners”. Sentence (April 23, 2025): 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 23, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Yaroslavl Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 27, 2025.

In brief

Moscow Oblast

Sentence

5 years

imprisonment in a general regime colony

Verdict April 23, 2025

Upheld October 23, 2025

Charges

Latest event

October 23, 2025 — appeal

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 5 years

  4. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

  5. · Persecution begins

    Aleksandr Kharlamov's case on confidential cooperation with foreigners

Criminal case

Aleksandr Kharlamov's case on confidential cooperation with foreigners

Case number
2-67/2025 (2-173/2024;)

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Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Yaroslavl Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

150036, Ярославская область, г. Ярославль, ул. Хлебная д.12, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Ярославской области», Харламов Александр Сергеевич, 1983 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

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Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of the Moscow region. On 23 November 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of confidential cooperation with foreigners. On 24 April 2025, Kharlamov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.

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