{"id":63084,"date":"2026-06-26T01:20:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/news\/aleksandr-krichevskij-politzaklyuchyonnyj\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T23:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:50:40","slug":"aleksandr-krichevsky-is-a-political-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/aleksandr-krichevsky-is-a-political-prisoner\/","title":{"rendered":"Aleksandr Krichevsky is a political prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A disabled system administrator from Izhevsk was sentenced to 5.5 years over a comment. His elderly mother was placed in a care home after his arrest and died there<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aleksandr Krichevsky from Izhevsk worked as a system administrator. As a young man, he suffered a spinal injury that left him with a Category I disability and permanently dependent on a wheelchair. He lived with his elderly mother, who was also unable to walk. Krichevsky cared for her and helped her perform the breathing exercises she needed to stay alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 19 December 2024, Krichevsky was detained and later remanded in custody on charges of public calls for terrorism (Article 205.2, Part 2 of the Russian Criminal Code) over a comment he posted in the Telegram channel of an opposition Chechen blogger. He wrote: ‘We have only one enemy \u2014 Putin and his FSB clique… Both you and we must destroy this enemy so that we can live as peaceful neighbours in the future.<\/em>‘<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of Krichevsky’s arrest, his mother was placed in a care home, where she died a month later from pulmonary oedema. While in pre-trial detention, Krichevsky was also unable to renew his disability status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January 2026, Krichevsky was sentenced to 5.5 years in a general-regime penal colony. He pleaded not guilty and told the court that he did not support terrorism and could not have imagined that his words would be interpreted as a call to kill Putin and all FSB officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘I was thinking in terms of games: when someone plays checkers or chess, they eliminate the opponent’s pieces. Roughly speaking, that was the image I had in mind,’ Krichevsky explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

We believe that the sentence imposed on Krichevsky is not only unlawful but also exceptionally cruel towards a seriously disabled man. Even if one were to assume that his words posed some danger to society, that danger is plainly disproportionate to such a severe punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A detailed description of Aleksandr Krichevsky\u2019s case and of our position is available on\u00a0our\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can I help?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You can write to Aleksandr Krichevsky at the following address:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ru:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

620019, \u0433. \u0415\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0431\u0443\u0440\u0433, \u0443\u043b. \u0420\u0435\u043f\u0438\u043d\u0430, \u0434. 4, \u0424\u041a\u0423 \u0421\u0418\u0417\u041e-1 \u0413\u0423\u0424\u0421\u0418\u041d \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438 \u043f\u043e \u0421\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438, \u041a\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u0410\u043d\u0430\u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447, 1967 \u0433. \u0440.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krichevsky Aleksandr Anatolyevich (born 1967), Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Sverdlovsk Oblast, 4 Repina St., Yekaterinburg, 620019, Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also send emails via ZT<\/a> (for payment with all bank cards) and Memorial-France<\/a> (free of charge).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that letters in languages other than Russian are highly unlikely to reach the intended recipient.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can donate<\/a> to help all political prisoners in Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-63084","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","regions-udmurtskaya-respublika","news-type-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAleksandr Krichevsky is a political prisoner - Political prisoners support. Memorial<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A disabled system administrator from Izhevsk was sentenced to 5.5 years over a comment. 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