Evgenii Varaksin
Evgenii Varaksin, born 1997, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Evgenii Varaksin's case of high treason”. Sentence (April 18, 2025): 12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty, a fine of 300… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 1, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 9, 2025.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Manual workers
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty, a fine of 300 thousand rubles
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in April 2022, being a Russian citizen and living in Poland, he transferred 100 Polish zlotys to an international organisation "to finance the AFU". These funds were used "to purchase equipment, ammunition and items of tactical medicine for the AFU".
Latest event
June 9, 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, June 9, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Persecution begins
Evgenii Varaksin's case of high treason
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast
Criminal case
Evgenii Varaksin's case of high treason
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
456658, Челябинская область, г. Копейск, пос. Октябрьский, ул. Городок- 1, ФКУ «ИК № 1 ГУФСИН России по Челябинской области», Вараксин Евгений Алексеевич, 1997 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Lesnoi (Sverdlovsk Region), a metalworker. While in Poland, he transferred money to "Caritas Poland" — a Polish Catholic non-profit organization primarily involved in social welfare and humanitarian aid. On July 22, 2024, after returning to Russia, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of high treason: the money transfer was deemed as financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On April 21, 2025, Varaksin was sentenced to 12 years in a strict-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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