Yuri Kolganov
Yuri Kolganov, born 1993, Ivanovo Oblast. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Yuri Kolganov’s case of treason”. Sentence (September 30, 2024): 12 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 26, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 4, Magadan Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 9, 2025.
In brief
Ivanovo Oblast · Ivanovo · Construction workers
Sentence
12 years
of imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld December 26, 2024
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
The grounds for the case were two transfers via the crypto exchange Binance to the crypto wallet of the Freedom of Russia legion in the amount of just over 3 thousand rubles.
Latest event
September 9, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 9, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Persecution begins
Yuri Kolganov’s case of treason
Criminal case
Yuri Kolganov’s case of treason
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Facility: Penal colony No. 4, Magadan Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
685918, Магаданская область, г. Магадан, п. Уптар, ул. Центральная, д. 3, ФКУ «ИК № 4 УФСИН России по Магаданской области», Колганов Юрий Николаевич, 1993 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
He is a resident of Ivanovo and a builder of frame houses. In March 2024, a treason case was reported to have been brought against him for two transfers of cryptocurrency to the Freedom of Russia Legion. On 30 September 2024, Kolganov was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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