Valery Zvegintsev
Valery Zvegintsev, Novosibirsk Oblast. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “The case of Valery Zvegintsev”. Sentenced on May 5, 2026. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Novosibirsk Oblast · Novosibirsk · Scientists
Sentence
12 years 6 months
Imprisonment (strict regime), Restriction of liberty
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was a publication on the topic of gas dynamics in a foreign scientific journal.
Latest event
May 5, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 12 years 6 months.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Valery Zvegintsev
· Preventive measure: house arrest
Criminal case
The case of Valery Zvegintsev
- Case number
- 2-3/2026 (2-13/2025; 2-53/2024;)
Other defendants in the case
- Vladislav Galkin — Imprisoned, 12 years 6 months
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Full summary
A founder of the Laboratory "Aerogasodynamics of Large Velocities" at the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In April 2023, he was detained on charges of treason and placed under house arrest.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- pre-trial detention
Other people prosecuted under Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.