Alexander Sarbaev
Alexander Sarbaev, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Alexander Sarbaev's case of high treason”. Sentence (December 23, 2025): 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 1, 2025; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Irkutsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 16, 2026.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Khabarovsk
Sentence
14 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld April 15, 2026
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was the transfer of 400 rubles to Ukrainian military medics, made in February 2022.
Latest event
April 15, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 16, 2026
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 14 years
· Persecution begins
Alexander Sarbaev's case of high treason
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Alexander Sarbaev's case of high treason
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Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Irkutsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
664001 Иркутская область, г.Иркутск, ул. Баррикад, 63, ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области, Сарбаев Александр Витальевич, 1981 г.р.
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Full summary
Resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, employee of the AntaresGroup trading company. Speaks out against the war in Ukraine. On 21 March 2025, he was arrested for ten days on an administrative case of disorderly conduct. At the end of this term Sarbaev was taken to the FSB department, where he was charged with criminal case of state treason because of the transfer of 400 rubles to Ukrainian military medics, made in February 2022. The day after Sarbaev was detained in the criminal case, the Central District Court of Komsomolsk-on-Amur took him into custody. On 23 December 2025, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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