Andrey Kuzmichev
Andrey Kuzmichev, born 1980, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code (Confidential cooperation with foreigners); “Andrey Kuzmichev‘s case of confidential co-operation with a foreign state”. Sentence (November 13, 2024): 3 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 1, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 1, 2025.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg
Sentence
3 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld February 24, 2025
Charges
- Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code — Confidential cooperation with foreigners
Latest event
September 1, 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 1, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Andrey Kuzmichev‘s case of confidential co-operation with a foreign state
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Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
196641, Санкт-Петербург,поселок Металлострой, Северный проезд, 1, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области», Кузьмичев Андрей Владимирович, 1980 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of St. Petersburg. A case of confidential co-operation with a foreign state was brought against him. On 13 November 2024, Kuzmichev was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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