Detention: Serhii Lozovskyi, a resident of occupied Crimea, was reportedly detained by FSB officers in 2024 for alleged 'confidential cooperation with a foreign state'. Later, Russian authorities reclassified the charges to the more severe 'state treason'.

Sentence: In March 2026, a Russian-controlled court in occupied Crimea sentenced Serhii Lozovskyi to 18 years in a high-security colony, followed by 1 year and 9 months of restricted freedom. The charge was 'state treason'.

Previously, on June 17, 2025, he was convicted under the article on 'confidential cooperation with foreigners', but this decision was annulled and the case was returned to the prosecutor. The basis was the assertion that the factual circumstances allegedly indicated the possibility of qualifying the actions as a more serious crime.

According to the occupation prosecutor's version, the man, who opposed the full-scale war, allegedly entered into correspondence with a representative of the Security Service of Ukraine via a social network. He was accused of carrying out a task to collect information on the location of weapons, military equipment, and defense structures.

It is claimed that in the village of Foros, he gathered data on a defense facility and transmitted it to a 'representative of a foreign state'. Occupation authorities claim that his activities were uncovered by FSB officers in Crimea and Sevastopol.

Information used from open sources: Crimean Tatar Resource Center, Radio Liberty / Crimea.Realities, Center for Human Rights and Counteraction to Repression.

Update date: 18.07.2026.