Aleksandr Kraichik
Aleksandr Kraichik, born 1990, Moscow. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “The case of Oleksandr Krajcik”. Sentence (November 5, 2024): 13 years' detention in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 1, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Kemerovo Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 13, 2025.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow
Sentence
13 years
detention in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
According to RBC, the reason for the case was the transfer of 50 euros to a fund raising money for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Latest event
May 13, 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, May 13, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Persecution begins
The case of Oleksandr Krajcik
Criminal case
The case of Oleksandr Krajcik
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Kemerovo Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
650004, Кемеровская область, г. Кемерово, ул. Буденного, 33, ФКУ «ИК № 5 ГУФСИН России по Кемеровской области», Крайчик Александр Викторович, 1990 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Solikamsk who later moved to Moscow. In April 2023, he was detained at the airport while preparing to fly to Turkey. He was subsequently arrested for five days under an administrative charge of petty hooliganism.
After his release from the detention center, he was rearrested and sentenced to 15 more days in detention. Later, he faced charges of high treason for transferring 50 euros to a fund supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
On November 6, 2024, Krajcik was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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