Igor Sapozhnikov
Igor Sapozhnikov, born 1973, Tula Oblast. Charges: Article 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code; “The case of a resident of Aleksin on calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation”. Sentence (January 30, 2025): 4 and a half years' imprisonment in a general-regime colony; ban from administering websites for 3 years. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 30, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 4, Tver Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 18, 2025.
In brief
Tula Oblast · Aleksin
Sentence
4 years 6 months
4 and a half years' imprisonment in a general-regime colony; ban from administering websites for 3 years
First instance, November 6, 2024: 4 years
Charges
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he created a page where he openly published appeals to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine and called for cooperation on a confidential basis. In September, November 2023, and March 2024, he posted publications from the official page of the Ukrainian volunteer providing that type of material and financial assistance.
Latest event
September 18, 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 18, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 4 years 6 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Persecution begins
The case of a resident of Aleksin on calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation
Criminal case
The case of a resident of Aleksin on calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 4, Tver Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
172011, Тверская область, г. Торжок, ул. Старицкая, д. 79, ФКУ «ИК № 4 УФСИН России по Тверской области», Сапожников Игорь Валентинович, 1973 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Aleksin (Tula Region). A case was brought against him for calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation because of his calls to finance and co-operate with the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine). On 7 November 2024, Sapozhnikov was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. On 25 December, a case was opened against him for calls to terrorism, details are unknown. On 30 January 2025, the appeal court increased the sentence in the first case by six months.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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