Magomedgadzhi Rabadanov
- Criminal Code
- Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 5 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-04-23
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 26 June 2025
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Case summary
A resident of St Petersburg, a native of Dagestan. He was taken into custody on 16 January 2024 on charges of confidential cooperation with a foreign state. Some of the meetings and correspondence, as the press release of the Petersburg courts states, were part of investigative activities. On 23 April 2025, Rabadanov was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
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