Alexander Kachkurkin
Alexander Kachkurkin, born 2000, Moscow. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Aleksandr Kachkurkin's case of high treason”. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 4, 2026.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · IT specialists
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Latest event
February 4, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 4, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
Aleksandr Kachkurkin's case of high treason
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Aleksandr Kachkurkin's case of high treason
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
111020, г. Москва, Лефортовский вал, д. 5, ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Лефортово"), Качкуркин Александр Михайлович, 2000 г.р.
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Full summary
An IT specialist, DevOps engineer and developer. He lived in Crimea and moved to Kazakhstan after the start of the war. On 28 January 2026, he was detained in Almaty. He was reported for crossing the road in an inappropriate place and smoking hookah indoors. The Department One project claims that both police reports were falsified: according to lawyer Evgenii Smirnov, the policeman stopped Kachkurkin, asked him to cross the road and indicated a specific place where he was going to check his documents, and then a report on crossing the road in an inappropriate place was drawn up. The police appealed to the court to expel Kachkurkin from the country for "contempt of sovereignty". The court ruled accordingly, after which the man was immediately taken to the airport and sent to Moscow, where upon arrival he was immediately detained right on the plane. On 31 January 2026, Kachkurkin was taken into custody on charges of high treason. According to Department One, the case is related to unspecified money transfers to Ukraine.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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