Yuriy Belenkiy
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Юрий Беленький is a Russian IT specialist who lived in Bulgaria with a residence permit since 2015 and was detained in September 2025 at Sheremetyevo Airport upon returning to Russia. He was arrested and charged with financing terrorism due to cryptocurrency donations to Ukrainian organizations, based on transaction data provided by the crypto exchange Binance to Russian authorities. The case has drawn attention from human rights groups, with allegations that Binance violated international norms by handing over user data to Russian security services.
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- Case of IT director DiHouse Yuri Belenky*: what he is accused of, progress of the investigation — Вечерняя Москва
- Binance handed over a Russian's transaction history to law enforcement. Now he is being tried for donations to Ukrainian organizations — Вёрстка
- Binance handed Russian military personnel data on donation to Armed Forces of Ukraine — The Bell
- Binance that left Russia handed over data of Russian man with residence permit in EU to Investigative Committee. Information became evidence in case about donations to Ukraine, rights defenders found out — Новая газета Европа
- Binance handed Russia data on its user who is being pursued for donations to VU — DW Главное
- Crypto exchange Binance handed Russian authorities data on donations that Russians made to Ukrainian organizations... — Varlamov News
- Crypto exchange Binance handed Russian security forces information about programmer — DOXA
- Crypto exchange Binance handed Russian security forces data on IT specialist. Now he is accused of funding terrorism due to... — Черта
- Binance handed transaction data of IT company manager from Moscow to law enforcement, who was accused of funding terrorism due to donations to Ukraine — Медиазона
- World's largest crypto exchange confirmed it provides Russia with client data upon request from law enforcement — The Moscow Times
- Crypto exchange Binance provides data to Russian officials — "First Department" — Говорит НеМосква
- Crypto exchange Binance handed Russian security officials history of transactions of EU resident. He faces sentence for "state treason" - "First Department — The Insider
- Crypto exchange Binance handed Russian military data on IT specialist living in EU. Now he is being tried in Russia for donations to Armed Forces of Ukraine — Meduza
- One of the largest crypto exchanges Binance handed data of an EU resident to Russian security forces. A Russian will be tried for donations... — ЭХО / Новости
- Crypto exchange Binance handed FSB data on transfers of EU resident — Russian citizen. Now he faces a term for 'state treason', —... — ASTRA
- «First Department»: Binance handed Russian security forces data on EU resident. Now he is being tried for donations — Дождь (Telegram)
- Crypto exchange Binance handed over data on Russian IT specialist to FSB. Now he is in pretrial detention on terrorist charges for donations to Armed Forces of Ukraine — Важные истории
- IT directors of DiHouse accused of helping terrorists by transferring $740 in cryptocurrency — Коммерсантъ