# Russia sentences IT specialist to 13 years for donating to Ukraine’s military; Binance helped investigators prove case

https://mins.news/en/item/116509

- Meduza, 2026-10-26 21:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/27/russia-sentences-an-it-specialist-to-13-years-for-donating-to-ukraine-s-military-binance-helped-investigators-prove-their-case

> Russia’s Second Western District Military Court sentenced 49-year-old IT specialist Yuri Belenky to 13 years in prison for financing terrorism. He will serve three years in prison before transfer to a high-security penal colony, and was fined 500,000 rubles, with another 126,000 rubles confiscated. Human rights group Department One said investigators proved the transfers using a detailed report Binance sent in response to a request from the Investigative Committee.

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