Ivan Kveselevich
- Criminal Code
- Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 2 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2025-04-29
- Region
- Kaliningrad Oblast
- City
- Kaliningrad
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 23 July 2025
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Case summary
A resident of Kaliningrad and a lawyer. In February 2024, a criminal case was initiated against him on charges of confidential cooperation with foreign nationals: according to the investigation, he transmitted various information to an officer of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). He was taken into custody. On April 29, 2025, Kveselievich was sentenced to 2 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony. He received a sentence below the statutory minimum under the relevant article, taking into account mitigating circumstances, in particular his “cooperation with Russian law enforcement agencies and the provision of important and significant information that contributed to the timely prevention, detection, and suppression of the activities of foreign intelligence services and their representatives on the territory of the Russian Federation.” Presumably, he was released in December 2025.
Others charged under Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
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