Evgenii Telegin
Evgenii Telegin, born 1981, Bryansk Oblast. Charges: Article 275 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Attempted treason against the state (attempted crime)); Article 322 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Attempted crossing of the border of the Russian Federation without proper documents); “Evgenii Telegin's case of regarding attempted treason”. Sentence (December 14, 2023): 9 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 16, 2024. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 29, 2025.
In brief
Sentence
9 years 6 months
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty
Upheld September 18, 2024
Charges
- Article 275 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Attempted treason against the state (attempted crime)
- Article 322 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Attempted crossing of the border of the Russian Federation without proper documents.
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigators' version, "being an opponent of the Strategic Defence Forces, he entered into correspondence with recruiters of one of the Ukrainian armed formations with the aim of joining its ranks to participate in combat operations against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In order to enter the territory of Ukraine, he travelled from Moscow to the territory of the Pogarsky district of the Bryansk region, where he attempted to cross the border on foot, but was detained by law enforcement officers".
Latest event
December 29, 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, December 29, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 9 years 6 months
Criminal case
Evgenii Telegin's case of regarding attempted treason
- Case number
- 2-15/2023
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Full summary
A resident of the Moscow Region. Assistant driver of a locomotive in the Moscow metro. According to the official version, he intended to fight on the side of Ukraine, and therefore travelled to Bryansk region, where he attempted to cross the border on foot, after which he was detained. He was prosecuted for attempted treason and illegal border crossing. Telegin pleaded guilty to attempted illegal border crossing, but denied that he was going to fight on the side of Ukraine. On 14 December 2023, he was sentenced to nine and a half years in a strict regime colony.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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