Vitalii Krivoshlyk
Vitalii Krivoshlyk, born 1978, Moscow. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Vitalii Krivoshlyk's case of high treason”. Sentence (August 3, 2023): 12 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Bashkortostan. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 9, 2025.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Entrepreneurs
Sentence
12 years
6 months' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony
Upheld October 12, 2023
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Latest event
April 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, April 9, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
Criminal case
Vitalii Krivoshlyk's case of high treason
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Bashkortostan
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
453256 Республика Башкортостан, г. Салават, станция Южная, ИК-2, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН по Республике Башкортостан», Кривошлык Виталий Владимирович, 1978 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
The "Ostorozhno, novosti" (Beware of the News) Telegram channel claims that Krivoshlyk lived in Kharkiv Region, ran a business and was a deputy of the Tokarevsk village council. A case of state treason was opened against him: according to the investigation, on the instructions of foreign intelligence he collected information on the movement of military equipment and Russian military personnel on the territory of Belgorod region and passed the information to the SBU. On 3 August 2023, Krivoshlyk was sentenced to 12 and a half years in a strict-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.