Sergei Irin
- Criminal Code
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 15 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-08-25
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Facility
- ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по г. Москве ("Матросская тишина")
- Address for letters
- 107076, г.Москва, ул. Матросская Тишина, дом 18, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по г. Москве ("Матросская тишина"), Ирин Сергей Николаевич, 1979 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 1 October 2025
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Case summary
A software engineer, used to work for Yandex. Shortly after the start of the full-scale invasion, he left Russia, lived in Turkey and Sri Lanka, and returned to Russia in April 2024. He was detained in Nizhnii Novgorod and arrested for five days under an administrative punishment on minor hooliganism (Section 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), after which he was detained on 1 May on charges of high treason in connection with transferring money to the Ukrainian foundation "Come Back Alive". Irin later recounted that he was interrogated "with a stun gun". He was taken to Moscow, where he was taken into custody. On 26 August 2025, Irin was sentenced to 15 years in a strict-regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
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