Taxi driver arrested for treason after alleged torture
Upon his arrest, the Verkh-Isetsky Court of Yekaterinburg sent 42-year-old taxi driver Andrey Voloshin to a pretrial detention center on charges of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code).
Consensus
- The 42-year-old taxi driver Andrey Voloshin was arrested by the Verkh-Isetsky Court in Yekaterinburg on charges of treason (Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code).
- Voloshin was detained on October 22 while retrieving his phone from a police station.
- He was allegedly subjected to physical abuse during his arrest, including being beaten, having his hands tied with handcuffs, and being choked with plastic bags.
- He was brought to court with visible injuries: marks from handcuffs on his wrists, red marks on his neck, facial bruises, and bruises on his abdomen.
- Voloshin had previously been fined for 'discrediting the army' in February 2025 and again in August 2026 for repeated offenses.
- The new case may be linked to a photograph he took while working at the 'Novator' factory, which is connected to military industry.
- The case involves two anti-war comments posted on VKontakte in 2025, which were cited as grounds for the criminal charge under Article 280.3 of the Russian Criminal Code.
Points of divergence
- The case was initiated in April 2026 and is related to two anti-war comments published in 2025. — tg_currenttime
- The case was initiated in April 2016 (likely a typo for 2026), and includes specific quotes from the two comments posted on VKontakte. — mediazona
- The Ovdi-Info reported that during a prior search, Voloshin was electrocuted, thrown into gravel, and threatened with having his finger cut off to unlock his phone. — tg_currenttime
- Two friends who accompanied Voloshin were also detained by FSB officers and released only at midnight as witnesses. — mediazona
- The administrative fine in February 2025 was for six caricatures of 'swooshers' on VKontakte. — tg_currenttime
- The administrative fine in February 2024 (likely a typo for 2025) was for six caricatures of 'svoishniks' on VKontakte. — mediazona
Coverage (4 sources)
- In Yekaterinburg, a taxi driver was arrested on charges of treason. He was brought to court with signs of beatings — ASTRA
- Court in Yekaterinburg arrested taxi driver on treason case. He was tortured during arrest — Настоящее Время
- Ekaterynburg taxi driver placed in pretrial detention on charges of treason. Torture marks visible on defendant's body — SOTAvision
- Ural taxi driver arrested on treason case; tortured during detention — Медиазона