Photo: Konovalov Arseniy Sergeevich
imprisoned

Personal Information

Birth date
13 сент. 1987 г. (38 years old)
Notes
Diplomat, from 2014 to 2017 he worked in the USA as the second secretary of the Russian Consulate General in Houston.

Konovalov Arseniy Sergeevich

Added: 26 февр. 2025 г.

Case Information

Region of case initiation:
Moscow
Detention date:
28 мар. 2024 г.
Charges:
Art. 275 CC RF
Sentence:
12 years strict regime
Estimated release date:
27 мар. 2036 г.
Case categories:
Treason

Case Description

In late March 2024, 36-year-old former Russian Foreign Ministry employee Arseny Konovalov was detained in Moscow. He was accused of treason. According to the FSB, Konovalov, while working from 2014 to 2017 in the position of Second Secretary of the Russian Consulate General in Houston, was recruited by the CIA. He proactively passed secret information to American intelligence that became known to him in the course of his service, in exchange for monetary compensation. On March 28, 2024, the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow sent Arseny Konovalov into custody. On December 26, 2025, the Moscow City Court found Arseny Konovalov guilty and sentenced him to 12 years in a strict regime colony with a fine of 100 thousand. rubles and with a restriction of freedom for 1 year.

Contact Information

Mailing Address

Коновалов Арсений Сергеевич, 13 сентября 1987 г. ФКУ СИЗО-2 ФСИН России, адрес: 111020, г. Москва, ул. Лефортовский вал, д. 5 (предположительно) связь через: Зонателеком