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Sergei Irin
Biography
A software engineer, used to work for Yandex. Shortly after the start of the full-scale invasion, he left Russia, lived in Turkey and Sri Lanka, and returned to Russia in April 2024. He was detained in Nizhnii Novgorod and arrested for five days under an administrative punishment on minor hooliganism (Section 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), after which he was detained on 1 May on charges of high treason in connection with transferring money to the Ukrainian foundation "Come Back Alive". Irin later recounted that he was interrogated "with a stun gun". He was taken to Moscow, where
A software engineer, used to work for Yandex. Shortly after the start of the full-scale invasion, he left Russia, lived in Turkey and Sri Lanka, and returned to Russia in April 2024. He was detained in Nizhnii Novgorod and arrested for five days under an administrative punishment on minor hooliganism (Section 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), after which he was detained on 1 May on charges of high treason in connection with transferring money to the Ukrainian foundation "Come Back Alive". Irin later recounted that he was interrogated "with a stun gun". He was taken to Moscow, where he was taken into custody. On 26 August 2025, Irin was sentenced to 15 years in a strict-regime penal colony.