Yuri Belenkiy

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Russia jails IT worker over Ukraine donations traced by Binance data

Sentenced to 13 years; defense plans to appeal

A Russian military court sentenced Yuri Belenkiy, a 49-year-old IT specialist, to 13 years in prison for sending roughly $1,500 in cryptocurrency to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns. The conviction rested on transaction records that Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, handed to Russian investigators.

Updated Oct 27