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Monakhov Ivan Nikolaevich

Date of birth: October 13, 1988 (37 years old)
City of residence: Ivanovo
Article of the Criminal Code:  275
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  12 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 1 год ограничения свободы, штраф 150.000 рублей
Date of sentencing:  March 4, 2025
Current location:  Penal Сolony No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Tyumen Oblast

Monakhov Ivan Nikolayevich, born on October 13, 1988, is a resident of Ivanovo. On March 4, 2025, he was convicted under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code (“High treason — providing financial assistance to a foreign state or its representatives in activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation”) and sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, followed by 1 year of restriction of freedom, and a fine of 150,000 rubles. He has presumably been deprived of liberty since April 3–5, 2024.