Key facts
- Yuri Belenkiy sentenced to 13 years for financing terrorism.
- Binance provided transaction data to Russian investigators.
- Donations were made to Ukrainian military and fundraising campaigns.
- Belenkiy denied the charges.
A Russian IT specialist, Yuri Belenkiy, has been sentenced to 13 years in jail on charges of financing terrorism after the cryptocurrency exchange Binance provided Moscow with details of his donations to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns. Belenkiy, 49, was convicted on Monday by the 2nd Western District Military Court and will serve 10 years in a strict-regime penal colony, in addition to three years in prison. He denied the charges, stating he was responding to appeals to help buy medical equipment for Ukrainian soldiers.