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Korzh Serhii Volodymyrovych

Date of birth: July 14, 1976 (49 years old)
citizenship: Украина
Occupation: инженерия; энергетика
Article of the Criminal Code:  276
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  September 4, 2022
Sentence:  13 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  October 11, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 4, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Saratov Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Ukrainian citizen Serhii Korzh worked as an engineer at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. In early September 2022, Russian security forces abducted him in occupied Enerhodar and held him in custody for an extended period without any formal legal status. It was not until January 2024 that he was charged with espionage; Korzh allegedly passed information to an officer of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense regarding the locations of Russian National Guard equipment and personnel. The Russian-controlled court sentenced Serhii Korzh to 13 years in a maximum-security penal colony.