Magomedgadzhi Rabadanov
Magomedgadzhi Rabadanov, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code (Confidential cooperation with foreigners); “Case of confidential cooperation with a foreign state in St Petersburgh”. Sentence (April 23, 2025): 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 16, 2024. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 26, 2025.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg
Sentence
5 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld July 1, 2025
Charges
- Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code — Confidential cooperation with foreigners
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he "reported his intentions to give information to the Ukrainian side and perform specific actions that could contribute to the military defeat of the Russian Federation". "But employees of the Federal Security Service Directorate of Russia for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast quickly learnt everything and suppressed it. Further, all meetings and correspondence took place within the framework of the investigative activities".
Latest event
July 1, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 26, 2025
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Case of confidential cooperation with a foreign state in St Petersburgh
Criminal case
Case of confidential cooperation with a foreign state in St Petersburgh
- Case number
- 2-11/2025 (2-50/2024;)
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Full 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.
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- Russia
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