Gorbenko Fyodor Sergeevich

In Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, at the beginning of May 2024, a local 71-year-old resident, pensioner Fyodor Gorbenko, was detained. He was accused of treason in the form of espionage. No later than October 2025, the Frunzensky District Court of Ivanovo chose a measure of restraint in the form of detention for the defendant in the case." Acting on their assignment, in the spring of 2024 he arrived in the territory of the Krasnodar Territory. During the period from April 19 to May 2, 2024, being on the Black Sea coast in the Gelendzhik and Novorossiysk area, Gorbenko conducted technical reconnaissance using special software on his mobile phone: he collected statistical data on high-precision satellite positioning, their total number, signal level, and the location of base stations. According to investigators, he passed this information to a representative of the SBU through an internet messenger and received more than 131 thousand rubles for it. In court, Gorbenko fully admitted his guilt. The man was placed in a pre-trial detention center. On December 18, 2025, the Krasnodar Regional Court found Fyodor Gorbenko guilty and sentenced him to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony with a 1-year restriction of freedom. The court also ordered him to pay more than 131 thousand. rubles received from representatives of foreign intelligence.