Alexander Stalberg
Alexander Stalberg, born 1980, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code (Confidential cooperation with foreigners); “Alexander Stalberg’s case of confidential co-operation with Pentagon”. Sentence (November 28, 2024): 3 years’s imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 26, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 2, 2025.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg
Sentence
3 years
s imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code — Confidential cooperation with foreigners
Latest event
September 2, 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 2, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Persecution begins
Alexander Stalberg’s case of confidential co-operation with Pentagon
Criminal case
Alexander Stalberg’s case of confidential co-operation with Pentagon
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Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
196641, Санкт-Петербург,поселок Металлострой, Северный проезд, 1, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области», Стальберг Александр Юрьевич, 1980 г.р.
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Full summary
Lived in St. Petersburg, moved to Poland in 2023 under the repatriation programme. According to his daughter, he corresponded with people who called themselves Pentagon employees. Stalberg returned to St. Petersburg to receive money at a certain location for some assistance he allegedly provided to Pentagon employees. At the specified location, no later than 17 May 2024, he was detained. A case of confidential co-operation with a foreign state was brought against him. On 28 November 2024, Stalberg was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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