Sergey Arefiev
Simferopol
32 yr old (born in 08.09.1992)
Communications engineer for Kyivstar in Kherson. He was detained on 23 March 2022, when he went shopping for groceries with a friend. First he was held in Kherson, then he was transferred to Simferopol. Arefiev was accused of espionage.
Sergei's wife said that in May 2022 she received a call in Telegram, and an unfamiliar male voice offered to talk to Sergei. She said she had left Kherson, and Sergei was relieved - he was worried that the Russians might have pressurised him because of his family. The man who allowed the call promised that Sergei would return home in a month and a half, assuring him that he was "giving his word as an officer". However, he did not keep his promise.
Presumably, in the autumn of 2023, Arefiev was sentenced to 11 and a half years in a strict regime colony.
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