Evgeny Smirnov
Charges: Article 283 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Disclosure of state secrets); “The case of Evgeny Smirnov, Ivan Pavlov”. Status: not in Russia.
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Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: arrest in absentia since January 22, 2026
Charges
- Article 283 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Disclosure of state secrets
Full wording of the charges
According to the version of the investigation, "jointly and in concert" with the lawyer Ivan Pavlov handed in 2020 to a linguist specialist materials of the case of his client Karina Tsurkan, accused of high treason.
Latest event
January 22, 2026 — preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Criminal case
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Full summary
Lawyer, member of the human rights group Department One,. In November 2025, it became known that a case of disclosure of state secrets had been opened against him in connection with the case of his client, former Inter RAO top manager Karina Tsurkan, who was also accused of treason. The reason for the case, according to another suspect, Ivan Pavlov, founder of the First Department, was that he and Smirnov handed Tsurkan's case file to a linguist. Pavlov claims that there was no state secret in these materials. "Moreover, even in Tsurkan's sentence it is stated that only information that does not constitute state secrets was handed over to the specialist," the lawyer notes.
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