Alexandr Matiukhin
- Criminal Code
- Article 276, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 13 years
- Region
- Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 10 УФСИН России по Саратовской области»
- Address for letters
- 410080, Сокурский тракт д. 57, Саратовская область, г. Саратов, ФКУ «ИК № 10 УФСИН России по Саратовской области», Матюхин Александр Юрьевич, 1989 г.р.
Case summary
An employee of the power repair division of Zaporizhzhya NPP. According to the Centre for Journalist Investigations, on 14 March 2023, he was kidnapped by unknown persons, after which he was taken into custody on charges of espionage. According to the investigation, he passed information about the locations of equipment and units of the Russian Armed Forces in Zaporizhzhya region to his brother, the commander of the artillery reconnaissance platoon of the AFU. In September 2024, Matyukhin was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 276, Russian Criminal Code
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