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2025: Arrest in high treason case
The court of the Meshchansky district of Moscow decided to arrest a resident of Tomsk Timur Kilin, who was charged with high treason. The court order is dated November 20, 2025.
The detainee is 21 years old. The TASS agency characterizes the person involved in the case as a representative of the IT industry. The agency does not disclose the specific circumstances imputed to Timur Kilin. According to the judicial file, the decision to detain will gain legal force on November 25, 2025.
Telegram-channel "Caution, News" publishes information that the detainee over the past few years was based in Moscow and conducted entrepreneurial activities in the status of an individual entrepreneur. According to the channel, earlier Timur Kilin was engaged in the development of a platform for providing virtual hosting services. During 2025, he launched a new business project in the field of information security.
On social networks, the businessman published materials about his professional activities. Timur Kilin told how he de-anonymized the administrators of darknet sites and investigated fraudulent schemes on Telegram.
High treason is qualified under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of Russia. According to the current (by November 2025) version of the law, this crime is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years with a fine of up to ₽500 thousand or in the amount of the convict's salary for a period of up to three years. The article also provides for the possibility of imposing life imprisonment.[1]
