Photo: Mitrofanov Andrey Nikolaevich
imprisoned

Personal Information

Birth date
15 авг. 1994 г. (31 years old)
Notes
before his arrest, he worked as an engineer at AO "NII Gidrosvyazi "Shchit", developing hydroacoustic communication means and emergency rescue systems for the Navy

Mitrofanov Andrey Nikolaevich

Added: 30 апр. 2025 г.
Updated: 30 апр. 2025 г.

Case Information

Region of case initiation:
Volgograd Oblast
Detention date:
23 мая 2024 г.
Charges:
Art. 275 CC RF, Art. 174.1 CC RF Part 1
Sentence:
14 years strict regime
Estimated release date:
6 июн. 2038 г.
Case categories:
War-related, Treason

Case Description

On May 23, 2024, in Volgograd, a 29-year-old local resident Andrey Mitroofanov was detained. He was taken to the OP-4 of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Volgograd, where a report on an administrative offense under the article on petty hooliganism was drawn up. According to police reports, the man, being in a public place, used crude obscene language, behaved inadequately, and did not respond to repeated remarks from citizens and police officers to stop his hooligan actions." The next day, on May 24, the judge of the Central District Court of Volgograd Irina Artemyonko sentenced the Volgograd resident to 15 days of administrative arrest. After serving his arrest, Mitrofanov was detained on charges of a criminal offense: he was accused of state treason and laundering money obtained by criminal means." For the duration of the investigation, the defendant was placed in a pre-trial detention center. On October 2, 2025, the Volgograd Regional Court found Andrey Mitrofanov guilty and sentenced him to 14 years in a strict regime colony. The court also sentenced the man to 1.5 years of restriction of freedom after serving his sentence and a fine of 50 thousand. rubles. The verdict was not appealed and entered into legal force.