Aleksandr Vechirko
Aleksandr Vechirko, born 1968, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Aleksandr Vechirko's case of treason”. Sentence (March 10, 2025): 13 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty, a fine of 300,000 roubles (US$… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 1, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Bashkortostan. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 2, 2025.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Former military personnel
Sentence
13 years
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty, a fine of 300,000 roubles (US$ 3756)
Upheld June 4, 2025
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, being an "opponent of the special military operation", in the summer and autumn of 2022, he transferred money to a close relative living in Ukraine, which she sent to a fund that made purchases for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: "using cryptocurrency instruments, he made transfers of personal funds through third parties residing in Ukraine to the account of a foreign charity fund for the purchase of unmanned aerial vehicles, thermal imaging sights, ammunition and medical uniforms for the AFU.
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
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Persecution begins
Aleksandr Vechirko's case of treason
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Aleksandr Vechirko's case of treason
- Case number
- 2-6/2025 (2-44/2024;)
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Bashkortostan
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
453256 Республика Башкортостан, г. Салават, станция Южная, ИК-2, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН по Республике Башкортостан», Вечирко Александр Анатольевич, 1968 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Khabarovsk Krai. He is originally from Ukraine, where his daughter lives. The programmer Sergei Irin, who was in the same pre-trial detention centre with him and was convicted on charges of high treason, said that Vechirko's daughter was almost killed in a bombing in Vinnytsia. He was detained in May 2023 on charges of high treason. According to Irin, Vechirko's phone was tapped and his words to his daughter that the money he transferred to her after the bombing should be "sent to something useful" were interpreted by the investigation as an instruction to send the money to the needs of the AFU. On 10 March 2025, Vechirko was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
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