US EditionRussian Protester Jailed 15 Years for $500 Ukraine Donation
Sergey Irin was fined $62,000 and sentenced for treason after donating $500 to a Ukrainian charity supporting defense forces during Russia's 2022 invasion.
- On August 26, Moscow City Court sentenced Sergei Irin, former Yandex software engineer, to 15 years and fined him five million rubles for transferring $500 to the Come Back Alive foundation.
- Authorities traced the payment Irin made on Feb. 27, 2022, using a Russian bank card to the Come Back Alive foundation via banks and Rosfinmonitoring .
- He was detained on May 1, 2024 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, jailed five days for petty hooliganism, then re-arrested on suspicion of treason and transferred to Lefortovo pretrial detention centre, Moscow.
- The court imposed 15 years with the first three years in prison and fined him five million rubles, about $62,000, while Mediazona says single transfers now routinely prompt FSB prosecutions.
- Legal changes broadened treason and raised maximum sentences; the Come Back Alive foundation supplies Ukraine's forces but was declared 'undesirable' by Russia in May 2024, outlawing involvement.
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