Photo: Matushkin Andrey Nikolaevich
imprisoned

Personal Information

Birth date
29 авг. 1971 г. (54 years old)
Special circumstances
hunger strike
Notes
President of the non-profit partnership "International Association of Private Detectives. Among the members of the association were also private detectives from the USA, Great Britain and other Western countries. Graduated from St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

Matushkin Andrey Nikolaevich

Added: 18 окт. 2025 г.

Case Information

Region of case initiation:
Saint Petersburg
Detention date:
15 сент. 2025 г.
Charges:
Art. 275 CC RF
Case categories:
Treason

Case Description

In St. Petersburg in September 2025, Andrey Matushkin, president of the non-profit partnership 'International Association of Private Detectives,' was detained. A criminal case of treason was opened against him. It is reported that two other detectives were also involved in the case, one of whom was later released. According to the investigation, Matushkin was engaged in collecting information constituting a state secret and transmitting it abroad to representatives of the Baltic countries. He is also suspected of collaborating with foreign intelligence and assisting in the implementation of its tasks on Russian territory. The court chose a measure of restraint for the defendant in the form of arrest.

Contact Information

Mailing Address

Матушкин Андрей Николаевич, 29 августа 1971 г. ФКУ СИЗО-1 «Кресты» УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области, адрес: 196655, Россия, г. Санкт-Петербург, г. Колпино, ул. Колпинская, д. 9 (предположительно) связь через: ФСИН-письмо; Зонателеком