A Russian software developer in Moscow on Tuesday was sentenced to 15 years of hard prison time for donating around $ 500 to a Ukrainian defensive fund, reporting reported by East2West.
Sergei Irin, 45, who at one point worked for the Russian tech giant Yandex, apparently refused to stand in court while he got his punishment, but held a sign up with the text: “Putin is an” s — head “.
Former software developer with the Russian tech giant Yandex, Sergei Irin, 45, stopped a sign with the text ‘Putin is an S — Head’ because he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for betrayal in Moscow Court on 26 August 2025. (East2West)
US-Russian ballerina reflects on the release of the Russian penal colony after an annual test
Although it is unclear whether his prisoner or the amount of time he was handed over was hit by the sign he held in court, or only for donating to a Ukrainian defensive fund.
In the video, a man who is said to be the one whose face fades, will be tackled and fascinated by masked police officers.
Irin apparently visited his mother after he had fled Russia somewhere before.
Former software developer with the Russian tech giant Yandex, Sergei Irin, 45, will be tackled during his arrest by the Russian police for his conviction in a court in Moscow on August 26, 2025. (East2West)
Russia claims that Navalny died of Arithmie, combination of diseases as widow claims that ‘pathetic’ hide
He is then questioned by the men in a van, at which point he admits that within a few days after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his illegal and deadly invasion of Ukraine, Irin donated funds to Ukraine’s Come Riving Alive Charity, supporting Defense Groups.
The donation was made on 27 February 2022, according to Irin.
The 45-year-old also said that he feels “negative” towards the Putin regime and admitted that he participated in opposition balls.
Former software developer with the Russian tech giant Yandex, Sergei Irin, 45, was convicted on 26 August 2025 in a court in Moscow. (East2West)
Click here to get the Fox News app
The East2West report said that he was later questioned with a Stun gun and by plane to Moscow, sent to the Lefortovo [notorious pretrial detention center]. “
Irin also received a fine of around $ 62,000 from the Russian court on Tuesday.
It is unclear to which maximum security prison he will be sent to perform his sentence.
