Mark Kislitsyn
Mark Kislitsyn, born 1997, Moscow. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Mark Kislitsyn's case of state treason”. Sentence (December 21, 2023): 12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 1, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 9, Novosibirsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 9, 2025.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Anti-war cases
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony
Upheld March 11, 2025
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he made a non-cash money transfer to the settlement account of a financial institution of Ukraine in order to provide financial assistance to the AFU. The reason was the transfer of 865 rubles to a Ukrainian account on the night of 24-25 February 2022.
Latest event
September 21, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 9, 2025
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Persecution begins
Mark Kislitsyn's case of state treason
Criminal case
Mark Kislitsyn's case of state treason
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 9, Novosibirsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
630039, Новосибирская обл., Новосибирск, ул. Гусинобродское шоссе,114, ФКУ «ИК № 9 ГУФСИН России по Новосибирской области», Кислицын Марк Алексеевич, 1997 г.р.
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Full summary
Resident of Orel region, LGBTQ+ activist, transgender man. On 12 July 2023, he was detained on charges of transferring money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The reason was the transfer of 865 rubles to a Ukrainian account on the night of 24-25 February 2022. According to his lawyer, the prosecution did not provide any data on how the money was spent, while Kislitsyn himself claims that he made the transfer "for humanitarian reasons". A treason case was opened against Kislitsyn. He was taken to Moscow and taken into custody. On 22 December 2023, Kislitsyn was sentenced to 12 years in a general regime penal colony. At the same time, he was sent to a women's colony by court order, because, as stated in the verdict, he belongs "to the female genetic sex". Since his arrival in the colony, he was no longer given hormone replacement therapy medication. Since November 2024, he has been sent to a solitary confinement four times.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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