A Russian military court sentenced 49-year-old IT specialist Yuri Belenky to 13 years in prison for financing terrorism, based on cryptocurrency donations to an account promoted by blogger Arkady Babchenko. The account was intended to support Ukraine’s armed forces, and the case centered on a donation reported as about $700. Belenky will serve his first three years in prison, then move to a strict-regime penal colony. The court also imposed a 500,000-ruble fine and ordered the confiscation of another 126,000 rubles.
Belenky had lived in Bulgaria since 2015 but regularly traveled to Russia. He was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport in September 2025, initially on a minor hooliganism charge, before being accused of financing terrorism. Investigators were able to establish the transfers using a detailed report Binance provided in response to a request from Russia’s Investigative Committee. The case highlights how information held by a major cryptocurrency exchange helped Russian authorities identify a customer who lived in the European Union and prosecute him over financial support for Ukraine.
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