Personal Information
- Birth date
- 6 окт. 1991 г. (35 years old)
- Special circumstances
- Ukrainian citizen, dependent child/children, forced RF citizenship, illness
Berezhnoy Andrey Vladimirovich (Berezhniy Andriy Volodimirovich)
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Kherson Oblast
- Detention date:
- 22 мая 2024 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 276 CC RF
- Sentence:
- 11 years strict regime
- Court that passed the sentence:
- Kherson Regional Court
- Judge who passed the sentence:
- Kuraeva Svetlana Vasilevna
- Case on the court website:
- oblsud.hrs.sudrf.ru
- Estimated release date:
- 22 мая 2035 г.
- Case categories:
- War-related, Occupied territories, civilian hostage
Case Description
On May 22, 2024, in Nova Kakhovka, in the occupied Kherson region, Andriy Berezhny, a 32-year-old Ukrainian citizen who had been forced to take Russian citizenship, was detained. A few days later, on May 28, his wife, 36-year-old Nadezhda Berezhnaya, was detained. For 14 months, the couple’s whereabouts were unknown. Relatives reported them missing and believed them to be dead.
It was not until May 15, 2025, that the Berezhnys were officially “detained.” The woman was charged with espionage, and Andrei with treason. The details of the charges are unknown. At that time, the couple was transported under guard to a pretrial detention center in Rostov-on-Don.
On June 17, 2026, the Kherson Regional Court found Andrei Berezhnoy guilty and sentenced him to 11 years in a maximum-security prison. The verdict was not appealed and became final.
On October 21, 2026, the Kherson Regional Court found Nadezhda Berezhnaya guilty and sentenced her to 12.5 years in a general-regime penal colony and 1.5 years of restricted freedom.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Бережной Андрей Владимирович (Бережний Андрій Володимирович), 6 октября 1991 г. ФКУ ИК-12 УФСИН России по Вологодской области, адрес: 162562, Россия, Вологодская обл., пос. Шексна, ул. Шоссейная, д. 42 связь через: Зонателеком
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