Photo: Rabzhinov Nikita Sergeevich
imprisoned

Personal Information

Birth date
16 апр. 2000 г. (26 years old)
Notes
an employee of one of the manufacturing enterprises of the Irkutsk region

Rabzhinov Nikita Sergeevich

Added: 26 февр. 2025 г.

Case Information

Region of case initiation:
Irkutsk Oblast
Detention date:
16 авг. 2023 г.
Charges:
Art. 275 CC RF
Sentence:
12 years strict regime
Estimated release date:
15 авг. 2035 г.
Case categories:
War-related, Treason

Case Description

In Angarsk, Irkutsk Oblast, in August 2023, 23-year-old local resident Nikita Rabzhinov was detained. He was accused of treason. According to the security forces, the young man allegedly collected information and took photographs "characterizing the state of the industrial facility and the products produced" for transfer to an employee of Ukrainian intelligence. The FSB also claims that on the orders of Ukrainian intelligence, he distributed leaflets "discrediting" the Russian army. Earlier, in April 2023, the Angarsk City Court of the Irkutsk Region fined Nikita under the article on "discrediting" the Russian army because on the night of April 16, 2023, he pasted leaflets in Irkutsk and Angarsk with the inscription "WE WILL BRING BACK RELATIVES FROM THE SPECIAL OPERATION WE WILL HELP IN CASE OF MOBILIZATION THIS IS FREE AND WE GIVE GUARANTEES!" On May 24, 2024, the Irkutsk Regional Court found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to 12 years in a strict regime colony." In addition to the prison term, the judge imposed a fine of 100 thousand. rubles fine. The verdict was not appealed and entered into legal force.