{"id":102404,"date":"2026-02-02T06:58:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/deported-from-kazakhstan-arrested-in-russia-an-it-specialist-accused-of-treason\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T06:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:58:03","slug":"deported-from-kazakhstan-arrested-in-russia-an-it-specialist-accused-of-treason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/deported-from-kazakhstan-arrested-in-russia-an-it-specialist-accused-of-treason\/","title":{"rendered":"Deported from Kazakhstan, arrested in Russia: an IT specialist, accused of &#8220;treason&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"561\"><strong>The authorities in Kazakhstan have deported the 25-year-old IT specialist, Aleksandr Kacikurkin, to Russia, where he was immediately arrested on charges of &#8220;high treason&#8221;. The information was made public by the human rights project &#8220;Perv\u00eei Otdel&#8221; (First Department). The basis of the criminal case is money transfers to Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"563\" data-end=\"965\">According to human rights defenders, Kacikurkin is a citizen of Ukraine and grew up in Crimea. After the annexation of the peninsula, the young man was &#8220;imposed Russian citizenship&#8221;, notes &#8220;Perv\u00eei Otdel&#8221;. In recent years, the IT specialist lived in Almaty, where he moved for political reasons, and worked as a DevOps engineer, collaborating with the American company <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">OpenAI<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"967\" data-end=\"1302\">On January 28, the police in the Bostand\u00eek district of Almaty quickly drew up two administrative protocols in his name \u2014 for crossing the street in an unauthorized place and for smoking a hookah in an enclosed space. According to the &#8220;Perv\u00eei Otdel&#8221; project, both protocols were fabricated.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1304\" data-end=\"1697\">On the basis of these, the police requested the court to expel Kacikurkin from Kazakhstan for &#8220;disrespect for the laws and sovereignty&#8221; of the republic. The entire process \u2014 from the preparation of documents to the trial and deportation \u2014 took only a few hours, while normally such procedures take place over several weeks, emphasizes &#8220;Perv\u00eei Otdel&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The authorities in Kazakhstan have deported the 25-year-old IT specialist, Aleksandr Kacikurkin, to Russia, where he was immediately arrested on charges of &#8220;high treason&#8221;. The information was made public by the human rights project &#8220;Perv\u00eei Otdel&#8221; (First Department). The basis of the criminal case is money transfers to Ukraine. 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