Stanislav Skshetuskii
Stanislav Skshetuskii, born 1988, Penza Oblast. Charges: Article 275.1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code; “The case of cooperation with Polish intelligence in Penza”. Sentence (September 18, 2024): 3 years 4 months' imprisonment in in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 1, 2024. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 15, 2026.
In brief
Sentence
3 years 4 months
imprisonment in in a general regime penal colony
Upheld December 5, 2024
Charges
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he contacted Polish intelligence in November 2023 and allegedly planned to pass information 'on the production volumes in the state defense order of the enterprise where he worked'.
Latest event
March 15, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 15, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 4 months
· Persecution begins
The case of cooperation with Polish intelligence in Penza
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of cooperation with Polish intelligence in Penza
- Case number
- 2-10/2024
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Full summary
Resident of the closed city of Zarechny in the Penza region, employee of a defence company. Taken into custody in January 2024 on charges of confidential co-operation with Polish intelligence. Supposedly claimed that he wanted to leave for Poland for fear of conscription. According to the investigation, he planned to hand over secret data about a regime facility in exchange for political asylum. The court reclassified the charge to attempted confidential co-operation. On 18 September 2024 Skrzhetuski was sentenced to three years and four months in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia