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A Russian military court has sentenced a Russian IT specialist to 13 years in prison for sending money to efforts supporting Ukraine.
Yuri Belenky, 49, a former IT director at the Russian company diHouse, was sentenced to prison on charges of financing terrorism. He holds a Bulgarian residence permit.
According to the RIA Novosti news agency, Belenky sent just over USD 1,500 in cryptocurrency in 15 transfers between August 2022 and March 2024 to the Ukrainian military and the Azov Battalion, which Russia has designated a ‘terrorist’ organisation.
He was also said to have sent the money using details published by Arkady Babchenko, an exiled journalist who is critical of the Russian government.
Belenky was arrested in connection with the case during a trip to Moscow in September last year.
According to Russia’s state news agency TASS, prosecutors had sought a 14-year prison sentence for Belenky.
However, the Second Western District Military Court sentenced him last Monday to 13 years in prison and a fine of 500,000 roubles (approximately USD 6,300). He was ordered to serve 10 years of the sentence in a high-security prison. Belenky rejected the ruling, and his lawyers said they would appeal.
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