Aleksandr Levchishin, a 37-year-old Russian programmer from Bratsk, was sentenced to 14 years in a high-security penal colony after a court found him guilty of leaking sensitive medical records of Russian soldiers to Ukraine. Levchishin also faced charges for transferring money to the Ukrainian armed forces. Arrested by the FSB in July 2023, Levchishin's trial occurred behind closed doors, reflecting the current oppressive legal environment in Russia, where courts are often manipulated to stifle dissent under Putin's regime. His elderly parents remain uninformed about the specifics of his charges.
To put information and claims from Russian courts into context, according to the Human Rights Foundation, "in modern-day Russia, under Vladimir Putin's authoritarian regime, courts serve merely as a tool used by the Kremlin to target critics and stifle dissent."
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