Alexey Vorobyov

Alexey Vorobyov
Date of inci­dent: February 15, 2019
Type of vio­la­tion: arrest, sen­tence to 20 years in a max­i­mum secu­ri­ty prison
Institution: Moscow Aviation Institute

Summary: On February 15, 2019, Alexey Vorobyov was arrest­ed by the Meshchansky Court of Moscow at the request of the FSB.
On April 23, 2021, he was sen­tenced to 20 years in a max­i­mum secu­ri­ty prison for treason.
According to the court deci­sion, Alexey Vorobyov was found guilty of trea­son (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). He was also found guilty of prepar­ing for the ille­gal export from Russia of raw mate­ri­als, sup­plies, equip­ment, tech­nolo­gies, sci­en­tif­ic and tech­ni­cal infor­ma­tion or pro­vid­ing ser­vices that could be used in the cre­ation of weapons of mass destruc­tion, armour and mil­i­tary equip­ment (Part 1 of Article 30 - Part 3, Article 189 of the Criminal Code).

Sources: Novaya Gazeta, Interfax, TASS.

  15.02.2019